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Vulnerability Details :

CVE-2017-2298

Assigner-puppet

Assigner Org ID-ca2a266c-be2f-4d4b-92d0-47b76b1a9c4e

Published At-30 Jun, 2017 | 20:00

Updated At-16 Sep, 2024 | 18:08

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".

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▼Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)

cve.org

Assigner:puppet

Assigner Org ID:ca2a266c-be2f-4d4b-92d0-47b76b1a9c4e

Published At:30 Jun, 2017 | 20:00

Updated At:16 Sep, 2024 | 18:08

▼CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)

Affected Products

Vendor

Perforce Software, Inc. ("Puppet")

Product

mcollective

Versions

Affected

< 0.5.1

Problem Types

Type	CWE ID	Description
text	N/A	missing input sanitization

Type: text

CWE ID: N/A

Description: missing input sanitization

References

Hyperlink	Resource
https://github.com/puppetlabs/mcollective-sshkey-security/blob/0.5.1/CHANGELOG.md	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2298	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/puppetlabs/mcollective-sshkey-security/commit/3388a3109f4fb1c69fa8505e991bf59ca20d19a2	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Hyperlink: https://github.com/puppetlabs/mcollective-sshkey-security/blob/0.5.1/CHANGELOG.md

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Hyperlink: https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2298

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Hyperlink: https://github.com/puppetlabs/mcollective-sshkey-security/commit/3388a3109f4fb1c69fa8505e991bf59ca20d19a2

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

▼Authorized Data Publishers (ADP)

CVE Program Container

References

Hyperlink	Resource
https://github.com/puppetlabs/mcollective-sshkey-security/blob/0.5.1/CHANGELOG.md	x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2298	x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred
https://github.com/puppetlabs/mcollective-sshkey-security/commit/3388a3109f4fb1c69fa8505e991bf59ca20d19a2	x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://github.com/puppetlabs/mcollective-sshkey-security/blob/0.5.1/CHANGELOG.md

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2298

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://github.com/puppetlabs/mcollective-sshkey-security/commit/3388a3109f4fb1c69fa8505e991bf59ca20d19a2

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

x_transferred

▼National Vulnerability Database (NVD)

nvd.nist.gov

Source:security@puppet.com

Published At:30 Jun, 2017 | 20:29

Updated At:20 Apr, 2025 | 01:37

Date Added	Due Date	Vulnerability Name	Required Action
	N/A

Metrics

Type	Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
Primary	3.1	6.5	MEDIUM	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Primary	2.0	4.3	MEDIUM	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Type: Primary

Version: 3.1

Base score: 6.5

Base severity: MEDIUM

Vector:

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

Type: Primary

Version: 2.0

Base score: 4.3

Base severity: MEDIUM

Vector:

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

CPE Matches

Perforce Software, Inc. ("Puppet")

>>mcollective-sshkey-security>>Versions up to 0.5.0(inclusive)

cpe:2.3:a:puppet:mcollective-sshkey-security:*:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*

Weaknesses

CWE ID	Type	Source
CWE-20	Primary	nvd@nist.gov

CWE ID: CWE-20

Type: Primary

Source: nvd@nist.gov

References

Hyperlink	Source	Resource
https://github.com/puppetlabs/mcollective-sshkey-security/blob/0.5.1/CHANGELOG.md	security@puppet.com	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/puppetlabs/mcollective-sshkey-security/commit/3388a3109f4fb1c69fa8505e991bf59ca20d19a2	security@puppet.com	Third Party Advisory
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2298	security@puppet.com	Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/puppetlabs/mcollective-sshkey-security/blob/0.5.1/CHANGELOG.md	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/puppetlabs/mcollective-sshkey-security/commit/3388a3109f4fb1c69fa8505e991bf59ca20d19a2	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Third Party Advisory
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2298	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory

Hyperlink: https://github.com/puppetlabs/mcollective-sshkey-security/blob/0.5.1/CHANGELOG.md

Source: security@puppet.com

Resource:

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://github.com/puppetlabs/mcollective-sshkey-security/commit/3388a3109f4fb1c69fa8505e991bf59ca20d19a2

Source: security@puppet.com

Resource:

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2298

Source: security@puppet.com

Resource:

Mitigation

Patch

Vendor Advisory

Hyperlink: https://github.com/puppetlabs/mcollective-sshkey-security/blob/0.5.1/CHANGELOG.md

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Resource:

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://github.com/puppetlabs/mcollective-sshkey-security/commit/3388a3109f4fb1c69fa8505e991bf59ca20d19a2

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Resource:

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2298

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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