CVE-2013-1655 Puppet Improper Input Validation vulnerability

What is CVE-2013-1655?

CVE-2013-1655 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Puppet Puppet Enterprise, published on 20 Mar 2013. It can be exploited over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.21 and 3.1.x before 3.1.1, when running Ruby 1.9.3 or later, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to "serialized attributes."

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1655?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including puppet. It affects 3 products.

Products include Puppet Puppet, Puppet Puppet Enterprise, Puppetlabs Puppet.

How do I fix CVE-2013-1655?

Upgrade puppet to a fixed version for your release line: 2.7.21 or 3.1.1.

Upgrade, and only deserialise data from trusted sources or with an allow-list of types. More about Unsafe deserialization.

Is CVE-2013-1655 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1655 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1655, GHSA-574q-fxfj-wv6h.