CVE-2013-4761

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    CVE-2013-4761

    Published: 20 Aug 2013Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4761/, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1283.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1284.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2761, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-01/msg00009.html

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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