Puppet: Unsafe use of Temp files in File type
Published Jan 7, 2014
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.43%
Description
Puppet before 3.3.3 and 3.4 before 3.4.1 and Puppet Enterprise (PE) before 2.8.4 and 3.1 before 3.1.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unspecified files.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≥ 3.0.0 · ≤ 3.3.2
- ≥ 3.4.0 · < 3.4.1
Configuration 2
- ≥ 2.0.0 · < 2.8.4
- ≥ 3.1 · < 3.1.1
Configuration 3
- 6.0
- 7.0
- 8.0
Configuration 4
- 12.04
- 12.10
- 13.04
- 13.10
No data.
CloudForms Management Engine 5
puppet
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse)
puppet
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1
puppet
Will not fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 3
puppet
Will not fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 3
ruby193-puppet
Will not fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4
puppet
Affected
Red Hat Satellite 6
ruby193-puppet
Affected
Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager
puppet
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| CloudForms Management Engine 5 | puppet | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse) | puppet | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1 | puppet | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 3 | puppet | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 3 | ruby193-puppet | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4 | puppet | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | ruby193-puppet | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager | puppet | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact in Subscription Asset Manager 1. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact in Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4.0. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.43% (0.00428) | 34.74th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.43% (0.00428) | 33.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 10.90th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (9)
- http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4969 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56253 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56254 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2831 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2077-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4969 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1045212 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4969
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4969
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4969 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/56253 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/56254 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2831 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2077-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4969 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1045212 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4969 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4969 |
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