Link following in Puppet Agent - CVE-2013-4969
Published: January 7, 2014 / Updated: July 26, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU31880
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4969
CWE-ID: CWE-59
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Puppet Labs
Affected software:
Puppet Agent
Puppet Agent
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-4969
Install update from vendor's website.