CVE-2013-4956

low
Published 2013-08-20 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
3.6
VIR risk
3.6

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4956

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4956/

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbullseyefixed3.2.4-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
puppetpuppet2.7.2
puppetpuppet2.7.3
puppetpuppet2.7.4
puppetpuppet2.7.5
puppetpuppet2.7.6
puppetpuppet2.7.7
puppetpuppet2.7.8
puppetpuppet2.7.9
puppetpuppet2.7.10
puppetpuppet2.7.11
puppetpuppet2.7.12
puppetpuppet2.7.13
puppetpuppet2.7.14
puppetpuppet2.7.16
puppetpuppet2.7.17
puppetpuppet2.7.18
puppetpuppet2.7.21
puppetpuppet2.7.22
puppetpuppet3.2.1
puppetpuppet3.2.2
puppetpuppet3.2.3
puppetpuppet_enterprise2.8.0
puppetpuppet_enterprise2.8.1
puppetpuppet_enterprise2.8.2
puppetpuppet_enterprise3.0.0
puppetlabspuppet2.7.0
puppetlabspuppet2.7.1
puppetlabspuppet3.2.0

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.