CVE-2013-4969
N/A
Published: January 7, 2014 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:58 PM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxPuppet Enterprise
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%2.0.0 ≤ v < 2.8.43.1 ≤ v < 3.1.1
Affected range stops below 2.8.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.1.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
3.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 3.3.23.4.0 ≤ v < 3.4.1
Affected range stops below 3.4.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4969Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/56253Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/56254Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2831Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2077-1Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59
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