CVE-2017-2298 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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".

Published: 2017-06-30

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Puppet

mcollective

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`< 0.5.1`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-11481	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".

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00271.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/puppetlabs/mcollective-sshkey-security/blob/0.5.1/CHANGELOG.md
https://github.com/puppetlabs/mcollective-sshkey-security/commit/3388a3109f4fb1c69fa8505e991bf59ca20d19a2
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2298

History

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Subscriptions

Puppet Mcollective-sshkey-security

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: puppet

Published: 2017-06-30T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T18:08:33.665Z

Reserved: 2016-12-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-2298

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-06-30T20:29:00.217

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-2298

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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