CVE-2017-2298 (GCVE-0-2017-2298)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-06-30 20:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 18:08
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Summary
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".
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • missing input sanitization
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Puppet mcollective Affected: < 0.5.1
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Date Public
2017-06-30 00:00
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