CVE-2017-2298

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-2298
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerpuppet
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-06-30 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionThe 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".

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 6.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-20 | missing input sanitization

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

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

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Puppet Mcollective-sshkey-security All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Puppet Mcollective affected < 0.5.1 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
mcollective-sshkey-security/CHANGELOG.md at 0.5.1 · choria-legacy/mcollective-sshkey-security · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Third Party Advisory
CVE-2017-2298 - mcollective-sshkey-security missing input sanitization | Puppet.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 puppet.com Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
(MCOP-600) Prevent public key overwriting attack via identity · choria-legacy/mcollective-sshkey-security@3388a31 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Third Party Advisory
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