CVE-2013-4957 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The dashboard report in Puppet Enterprise before 3.0.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary YAML code via a crafted report-specific type.

Published: 2013-10-25

Score: 6.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.5.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.5.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.8.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.8.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.8.3:::::::*

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No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2013-4801	The dashboard report in Puppet Enterprise before 3.0.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary YAML code via a crafted report-specific type.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00429.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/98639
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4957
http://secunia.com/advisories/55362
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/88089

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Puppet Puppet Enterprise

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2013-10-25T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T16:59:41.043Z

Reserved: 2013-07-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-4957

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-10-25T23:55:04.270

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2013-4957

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-94

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