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CVE-2013-4956

N/A
Published: August 20, 2013 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:58 PM UTC
3 products affected across 2 vendorsPuppet EnterprisePuppetPuppet

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

Puppet Module Tool (PMT), as used in Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.23 and 3.2.x before 3.2.4, and Puppet Enterprise 2.8.x before 2.8.3 and 3.0.x before 3.0.1, installs modules with weak permissions if those permissions were used when the modules were originally built, which might allow local users to read or modify those modules depending on the original permissions.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (4)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4956/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1283.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1284.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2761

CVSS

3.6LOW[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264

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