CVE-2013-4969

N/A Unknown
Published: January 07, 2014 Modified: April 29, 2026
View on NVD

Description

Puppet before 3.3.3 and 3.4 before 3.4.1 and Puppet Enterprise (PE) before 2.8.4 and 3.1 before 3.1.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unspecified files.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4969
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/56253
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/56254
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2831
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2077-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4969
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/56253
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/56254
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2831
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2077-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

10 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.0%
11th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-59

Affected Vendors

debian puppet puppetlabs canonical

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