CVE-2013-4956

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-4956
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-08-20 22:55:04 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionPuppet 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.6 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Puppet Puppet 2.7.10 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.7.11 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.7.12 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.7.13 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.7.14 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.7.16 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.7.17 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.7.18 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.7.2 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.7.21 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.7.22 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.7.3 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.7.4 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.7.5 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.7.6 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.7.7 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.7.8 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.7.9 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 3.2.1 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 3.2.2 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 3.2.3 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet Enterprise 2.8.0 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet Enterprise 2.8.1 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet Enterprise 2.8.2 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet Enterprise 3.0.0 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet 2.7.0 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet 2.7.1 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet 3.2.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
CVE-2013-4956 | Puppet Labs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 puppetlabs.com Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2761-1 puppet af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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