CVE-2017-2298 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Reference

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

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

6.5