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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2013-4956: Puppet: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2013-4956: Puppet: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
08/20/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Puppet Module Tool (PMT), as used 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, installs modules with weak permissions if those permissions were used when the modules were originally built, which might allow local users to read or modify those modules depending on the original permissions.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-admin-puppet

References

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