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title: "CVE-2013-4969\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-4969

Publication date 26 December 2013

Last updated 16 September 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## 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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4969?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| puppet | 13.10 saucy | Fixed 3.2.4-2ubuntu2.2 |
| 13.04 raring | Fixed 2.7.18-4ubuntu1.3 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 2.7.18-1ubuntu1.4 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 2.7.11-1ubuntu2.6 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

mitigated by Yama on default Ubuntu kernels

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4969)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4969)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-4969)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4969)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2077-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2077-1)
+ Puppet vulnerability
+ 6 January 2014

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4969>