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puppet: multiple vulnerabilities

Package(s):puppet CVE #(s):CVE-2013-4761 CVE-2013-4956
Created:August 16, 2013 Updated:September 20, 2013
Description:

From the Ubuntu advisory:

It was discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled the resource_type service. A local attacker on the master could use this issue to execute arbitrary Ruby files. (CVE-2013-4761)

It was discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled permissions on the modules it installed. Modules could be installed with the permissions that existed when they were built, possibly exposing them to a local attacker. (CVE-2013-4956)

Alerts:
Ubuntu USN-1928-1 2013-08-15
Gentoo 201308-04 2013-08-23
Mageia MGASA-2013-0259 2013-08-26
Mandriva MDVSA-2013:222 2013-08-27
Debian DSA-2761-1 2013-09-19
Red Hat RHSA-2013:1283-01 2013-09-24
Red Hat RHSA-2013:1284-01 2013-09-24

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