CVE-2017-2298

The mcollective-sshkey-security plugin before 0.5.1 for Puppet uses a server-specified identifier as part of a path where a file is written. A compromised server could use this to write a file to an arbitrary location on the client with the filename appended with the string "_pub.pem".

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/puppetlabs/mcollective-sshkey-security/blob/0.5.1/CHANGELOG.md	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/puppetlabs/mcollective-sshkey-security/commit/3388a3109f4fb1c69fa8505e991bf59ca20d19a2	Third Party Advisory
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2298	Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:puppet:mcollective-sshkey-security:*:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-06-30 20:29

Updated : 2024-02-28 16:04

NVD link : CVE-2017-2298

Mitre link : CVE-2017-2298

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-2298

JSON object : View

Products Affected

puppet

mcollective-sshkey-security

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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