CVE-2017-2298 — Improper Input Validation in Mcollective

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation3 documents3 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 49.41%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Puppet McollectivePuppet Mcollective-sshkey-security
Timeline
PublishedJun 30
Latest updateMay 13

Description

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 vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5puppet/mcollective< 0.5.1

Patches

Patch: puppet.com ↗Patch: puppet.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-3wcp-fjfh-pw9r: The mcollective-sshkey-security plugin before 0↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2017-2298: The mcollective-sshkey-security plugin before 0↗2017-06-30
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CVE-2017-2298 — Improper Input Validation | cvebase