CVE-2013-4956

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.

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References

• MITRE
• NVD
• Launchpad
• Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

• USN-1928-1
• Puppet vulnerabilities
• 15 August 2013

Other references

• http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4956
• https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/puppet-announce/818Iw3BrB3Y
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4956