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CVE-2013-4956 json

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…

published 13y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-4800

cvss
3.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 32%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • puppet Debian 11 3.2.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4956

  • 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-2013-4956 updated cvss 3.7

Puppet: Local Privilege Escalation/Arbitrary Code Execution

  • 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 CloudForms Management Engine 5 puppet Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1 puppet Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager puppet
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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

0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 3.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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