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CVE-2013-4969

Published: 26 December 2013

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
mitigated by Yama on default Ubuntu kernels

Priority

Low

Status

Package Release Status
puppet
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
lucid Ignored
(end of life)
precise
Released (2.7.11-1ubuntu2.6)
quantal
Released (2.7.18-1ubuntu1.4)
raring
Released (2.7.18-4ubuntu1.3)
saucy
Released (3.2.4-2ubuntu2.2)
upstream
Released (2.7.24,3.3.3)
This vulnerability is mitigated in part by the use of hardlink restrictions in Ubuntu. This vulnerability is mitigated in part by the use of symlink restrictions in Ubuntu.