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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.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2013-4956 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 3 products from puppet, from puppet, from puppetlabs organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2013, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2013-08-20T22:55:04.400

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 3.6 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

4.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	puppet	puppet	2.7.2	Yes
Application	puppet	puppet	2.7.3	Yes
Application	puppet	puppet	2.7.4	Yes
Application	puppet	puppet	2.7.5	Yes
Application	puppet	puppet	2.7.6	Yes
Application	puppet	puppet	2.7.7	Yes
Application	puppet	puppet	2.7.8	Yes
Application	puppet	puppet	2.7.9	Yes
Application	puppet	puppet	2.7.10	Yes
Application	puppet	puppet	2.7.11	Yes
Application	puppet	puppet	2.7.12	Yes
Application	puppet	puppet	2.7.13	Yes
Application	puppet	puppet	2.7.14	Yes
Application	puppet	puppet	2.7.16	Yes
Application	puppet	puppet	2.7.17	Yes
Application	puppet	puppet	2.7.18	Yes
Application	puppet	puppet	2.7.21	Yes
Application	puppet	puppet	2.7.22	Yes
Application	puppet	puppet	3.2.1	Yes
Application	puppet	puppet	3.2.2	Yes
Application	puppet	puppet	3.2.3	Yes
Application	puppet	puppet_enterprise	2.8.0	Yes
Application	puppet	puppet_enterprise	2.8.1	Yes
Application	puppet	puppet_enterprise	2.8.2	Yes
Application	puppet	puppet_enterprise	3.0.0	Yes
Application	puppetlabs	puppet	2.7.0	Yes
Application	puppetlabs	puppet	2.7.1	Yes
Application	puppetlabs	puppet	3.2.0	Yes

References

http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4956/ Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1283.html ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1284.html ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2761 ([email protected])
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4956/ Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1283.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1284.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2761 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For puppet's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.