CVE-2013-4956

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    CVE-2013-4956

    Published: 20 Aug 2013Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4956/, 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

    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