Privilege Escalation via Symlink Attack Affecting puppet package, versions >=2.0.0, <2.7.25 >=3.0.0, <3.4.2
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.04% (6th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RUBY-PUPPET-20328
- published 28 Feb 2017
- disclosed 26 Dec 2013
- credit Dominic Cleal
Introduced: 26 Dec 2013
CVE-2013-4969 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade puppet to version 2.7.25, 3.4.2 or higher.
Overview
puppet is an automated configuration management tool.
Affected versions of the package are vulnerable to Privilege Escalation die to the unsafe manner puppet uses temp files, allowing attackers to use a symlink attack and cause the puppet agent to overwrite something it did not intend to.
CVSS Scores
version 3.1