SB2013122702 - Fedora EPEL 6 update for puppet



SB2013122702 - Fedora EPEL 6 update for puppet

Published: December 27, 2013 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2013122702
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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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.