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CVE-2013-4956: puppet

CVSS: 3.6v2.0LowModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2013-4956
Published 20-08-2013Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-4956 is a low (CVSS 3.6) vulnerability in puppet. EPSS estimates a 0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
14/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
3.6/10
010
Low · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.38%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4
DSA-2761-1MGASA-2013-0259RHSA-2013:1283RHSA-2013:1284

Timeline

  1. 20-08-2013
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.38%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

31%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.38% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.38%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Puppet2 products
  • puppetEOL2.7.2 | 2.7.3 | 2.7.4 | 2.7.5 | 2.7.6 | 2.7.7 | 2.7.8 | 2.7.9 | 2.7.10 | 2.7.11 | 2.7.12 | 2.7.13 | 2.7.14 | 2.7.16 | 2.7.17 | 2.7.18 | 2.7.21 | 2.7.22 | 3.2.1 | 3.2.2 | 3.2.3
  • puppet_enterprise2.8.0 | 2.8.1 | 2.8.2 | 3.0.0
Debian1 product
  • puppet< 3.2.4-1
Puppetlabs1 product

3 vendors · 4 products

References

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