MGASA-2014-0084

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    MGASA-2014-0084

    Published: 19 Feb 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-4969

    Summary: Updated puppet & puppet3 packages fix CVE-2013-4969 and a regression

    Details: Updated puppet and puppet3 packages fix security vulnerability: An unsafe use of temporary files was discovered in Puppet, a tool for centralized configuration management. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability and overwrite an arbitrary file in the system (CVE-2013-4969). This update also corrects an upstream regression, see references for details.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0084.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2831, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2077-2/, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12184

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: puppet

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/puppet?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.7.23-1.2.mga3

    Affected versions

    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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