CVE-2016-2788 (GCVE-0-2016-2788)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-02-13 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:32
VLAI
Summary
MCollective 2.7.0 and 2.8.x before 2.8.9, as used in Puppet Enterprise, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the mco ping command.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-2788 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2016-08-09 00:00
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