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.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 11 | puppet | 3.4.1-1 | — |
| Debian 7 | puppet | 2.7.23-1~deb7u2 | DSA-2831-1 |
| Debian 6.0 | puppet | 2.6.2-5+squeeze9 | DSA-2831-1 |
Azure Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azure Linux 3 | puppet | No fix yet | — |
Advisories 1
- DSA-2831-1 puppet - insecure temporary files Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- DSA-2831 vendor-advisory
- 56254 third-party-advisory
- 56253 third-party-advisory
- http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4969
- USN-2077-1 vendor-advisory