Link Following Affecting puppet-server package, versions <0:2.7.25-1.2.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-PUPPETSERVER-1672044
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed7 Jan 2014

Introduced: 7 Jan 2014

CVE-2013-4969  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 puppet-server to version 0:2.7.25-1.2.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2014-288.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream puppet-server package and not the puppet-server package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1