Deserialization of untrusted data in MCollective - CVE-2017-2292

 

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

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.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-2292

Update to version 2.11.0.

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