CVE-2017-2292

Summary

CVECVE-2017-2292
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerpuppet
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-06-30 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionVersions of MCollective prior to 2.10.4 deserialized YAML from agents without calling safe_load, allowing the potential for arbitrary code execution on the server. The fix for this is to call YAML.safe_load on input. This has been tested in all Puppet-supplied MCollective plugins, but there is a chance that third-party plugins could rely on this insecure behavior.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 9 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

Problem Types: CWE-502 | Remote Code Execution Via YAML Deserialization


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary9CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
2.0[email protected]Primary7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Puppet Mcollective All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Puppet Mcollective Puppet Puppet Enterprise affected Puppet Enterprise prior to 2016.4.5, Puppet Enterprise 2016.5.x, Puppet Enterprise 2017.1.x, Puppet Agent prior to 1.10.1 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
MCollective: Remote Code Execution (GLSA 201709-01) — Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
CVE-2017-2292 - MCollective Remote Code Execution Via YAML Deserialization | Puppet af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 puppet.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710487 Gentoo Linux MCollective Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (GLSA 201709-01)
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