Medium severity · published Jun 30, 2017
CVE-2017-2298
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
6.5
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 74% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MC
Mcollective-sshkey-security · Puppet
through 0.5.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2298
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2298
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/puppetlabs/mcollective-sshkey-security/blob/0.5.1/CHANGELOG.md
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/puppetlabs/mcollective-sshkey-security/commit/3388a3109f4fb1c69fa8505e991bf59ca20d19a2
Mitigation
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2298