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An attacker can exploit this \nvulnerability and overwrite an arbitrary file in the system (CVE-2013-4969).\n\nThis update also corrects an upstream regression, see references for details. \n","status":"published","published":"2014-02-19T21:15:34Z","modified":"2026-04-16T06:26:07.075808191Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:49:39.121227Z"},{"id":"SUSE-RU-2015:0696-1","title":"Security update for puppet","description":"\nPuppet was updated to fix the following security issues:\n\n    * Unsafe use of temporary files. (CVE-2013-4969)\n    * Arbitrary code execution with required social engineering.\n      (CVE-2014-3248, CVE-2014-3250)\n\nSecurity Issues references:\n\n    * CVE-2014-3248\n      \u003chttp://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3248\u003e\n    * CVE-2013-4969\n      \u003chttp://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4969\u003e\n    * CVE-2014-3250\n      \u003chttp://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3250\u003e\n\n","status":"published","published":"2014-06-30T15:48:55Z","modified":"2026-02-04T02:49:05.925899Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:53:41.276824Z"}]}}