VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-2298
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".
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 1.49%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.49%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.49% probability · 73th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- puppet/mcollective-sshkey-security
- Source
- security@puppet.com
References
- https://github.com/puppetlabs/mcollective-sshkey-security/blob/0.5.1/CHANGELOG.mdThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/puppetlabs/mcollective-sshkey-security/commit/3388a3109f4fb1c69fa8505e991bf59ca20d19a2Third Party Advisory
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2298Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/puppetlabs/mcollective-sshkey-security/blob/0.5.1/CHANGELOG.mdThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/puppetlabs/mcollective-sshkey-security/commit/3388a3109f4fb1c69fa8505e991bf59ca20d19a2Third Party Advisory
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2298Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.