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medium 5.1

CVE-2013-4761 json

Puppet allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Ruby programs from the master via the resource_type service

published 13y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-cj43-9h3w-v976 , EUVD-2017-0218

cvss
5.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.6%
EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Unspecified vulnerability 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, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Ruby programs from the master via the resource_type service. NOTE: this vulnerability can only be exploited utilizing unspecified "local file system access" to the Puppet Master.

Patch / fix

  • rubygems puppet 2.7.23, 3.2.4
  • puppet Debian 11 3.2.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4761

  • ruby193-puppet openstack 3 3.1.1-11.1.el6ost
  • ruby193-puppet-server openstack 3 3.1.1-11.1.el6ost
  • puppet openstack 3 3.2.4-1.el6_4
  • hiera openstack 3 1.0.0-3.el6_4
  • facter openstack 3 1.6.6-1.el6_4
  • ruby-augeas openstack 3 0.4.1-1.el6_4
  • ruby-shadow openstack 3 1.4.1-13.el6_4
  • puppet-server openstack 3 3.2.4-1.el6_4

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:1284RHSA-2013:1283

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red hat product security vex CVE-2013-4761 updated cvss 4.1

Puppet: resource_type service code execution

  • Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5 puppet Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1 puppet Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4 puppet Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager puppet
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 3.0 hiera 1.0.0-3.el6_4, facter 1.6.6-1.el6_4, puppet 3.2.4-1.el6_4, ruby-augeas 0.4.1-1.el6_4, ruby-shadow 1.4.1-13.el6_4, puppet-server 3.2.4-1.el6_4, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1283

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.1 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
rubygems puppet
>=2.7.0, <2.7.23
>=3.2.0, <3.2.4
2.7.23
3.2.4

References

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