CVE-2013-4761

Published: Aug 20, 2013Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUNVD-CWE-noinfo

5.1MEDIUM

NVD MITRE

Description

Unspecified vulnerability 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, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Ruby programs from the master via the resource_type service. NOTE: this vulnerability can only be exploited utilizing unspecified "local file system access" to the Puppet Master.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:HAccess Complexity

High

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:PConfidentiality

Partial

I:PIntegrity

Partial

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

puppet

commercial·USaka puppet labs

puppetOn-prem

Enterprise Software / erp

puppet enterpriseOn-premDev Tool

DevTools & CI / ci-cd

Gentoo Foundation Inc.

oss-project·US

Gentoo LinuxOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

puppetlabs

commercial·USaka facter, puppet

puppetOn-prem

DevTools & CI / build-test-tools

RubyGems

package-ecosystem

puppet

OSS Libraries

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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References

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-04.xml

security.gentoo.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2761

debian.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-01/msg00009.html

lists.opensuse.org

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