Deserialization of untrusted data in MCollective - CVE-2017-2292
Published: September 5, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU8099
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-2292
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Puppet Labs
Affected software:
MCollective
MCollective
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The weakness exists due to deserialization of YAML from agents without calling safe_load. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request and execute arbitrary code on the server.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
The weakness exists due to deserialization of YAML from agents without calling safe_load. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request and execute arbitrary code on the server.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-2292
Update to version 2.11.0.