SB2014010702 - Link following in Puppet
Published: January 7, 2014 Updated: July 26, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014010702
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Link following (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4969)
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
Puppet before 3.3.3 and 3.4 before 3.4.1 and Puppet Enterprise (PE) before 2.8.4 and 3.1 before 3.1.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unspecified files.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.