CVE-2013-4958

N/A

Published: August 20, 2013 at 10:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:58 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorPuppet Enterprise

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.4%

Description

Puppet Enterprise before 3.0.1 does not use a session timeout, which makes it easier for attackers to gain privileges by leveraging an unattended workstation.

Affected

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

Puppet Enterprise · Puppet

95%

v ≤ 3.0.02.5.1 2.5.2 2.8.0 2.8.1 2.8.2 2.8.3

Remediation

No guide yet

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

Patch and advisory references

http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4958/

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4958/

CVSS

6.9MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: COMPLETE
Integrity: COMPLETE
Availability: COMPLETE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-287

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