Vulnerability Details 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".
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.003
EPSS Ranking 50.4%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 6.5
CVSS v2 Score 4.3
References
- 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
- 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
Products affected by CVE-2017-2298
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cpe:2.3:a:puppet:mcollective-sshkey-security:0.5.0