CVE-2013-4958

medium
Published 2013-08-20 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.9
VIR risk
6.9

Description

Puppet Enterprise before 3.0.1 does not use a session timeout, which makes it easier for attackers to gain privileges by leveraging an unattended workstation.

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-2013-4958

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4958/

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbullseyefixed0

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
puppetpuppet_enterprise{"endIncluding":"3.0.0"}
puppetpuppet_enterprise2.5.1
puppetpuppet_enterprise2.5.2
puppetpuppet_enterprise2.8.0
puppetpuppet_enterprise2.8.1
puppetpuppet_enterprise2.8.2
puppetpuppet_enterprise2.8.3

References

CWEs

CWE-287

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