CVE-2017-2298: Input Validation
First published: Fri Jun 30 2017(Updated: )
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".
Credit: security@puppet.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Puppet Mcollective-sshkey-security | <=0.5.0 |
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Reference Links
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/author
- agent/references
- agent/severity
- agent/weakness
- agent/type
- agent/description
- agent/event
- agent/remedy
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/tags
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/puppet
- canonical/puppet mcollective-sshkey-security
- version/puppet mcollective-sshkey-security/0.5.0