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".
Published: 2017-06-30
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-11481 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".
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Puppet Mcollective-sshkey-security
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: puppet

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T18:08:33.665Z

Reserved: 2016-12-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-2298

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-06-30T20:29:00.217

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-2298

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