MCollective up to 0.5.0 mcollective-sshkey-security Filename input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in MCollective up to 0.5.0. It has been rated as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component mcollective-sshkey-security. The manipulation with the input example.txt_pub.pem as part of Filename leads to input validation. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-2298. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in MCollective up to 0.5.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component mcollective-sshkey-security. The manipulation with the input value example.txt_pub.pem leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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".

The bug was discovered 06/30/2017. The weakness was disclosed 06/30/2017 (GitHub Repository). The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-2298 since 12/01/2016. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 0.5.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: MCollective 0.5.1
Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

12/01/2016 🔍
06/30/2017 +211 days 🔍
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07/01/2017 +1 days 🔍
12/09/2022 +1987 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 3388a3109f4fb1c69fa8505e991bf59ca20d19a2
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-2298 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-2298
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-102977
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/01/2017 07:38
Updated: 12/09/2022 14:51
Changes: 07/01/2017 07:38 (59), 10/21/2019 16:44 (2), 12/09/2022 14:51 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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