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CVE-2013-4761

Published: Aug 20, 2013Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUNVD-CWE-noinfo
5.1MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.6%
Top 25.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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

AV:NAC:HAu:NC:PI:PA:P
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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