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CVE-2013-1640

Published: Mar 20, 2013 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
9 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
6.5 IMPORTANT
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
HIGH
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1640
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/.html

The (1) template and (2) inline_template functions in the master server in Puppet before 2.6.18, 2.7.x before 2.7.21, and 3.1.x before 3.1.1, and Puppet Enterprise before 1.2.7 and 2.7.x before 2.7.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted catalog request.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
PuppetPuppet*2.6.18 (excluding)
OpenStack Folsom for RHEL 6RedHatpuppet-0:2.6.18-1.el6ost*
PuppetUbuntudevel*
PuppetUbuntuhardy*
PuppetUbuntulucid*
PuppetUbuntuoneiric*
PuppetUbuntuprecise*
PuppetUbuntuquantal*
PuppetUbuntuupstream*

References

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