#VU8099 Deserialization of untrusted data in MCollective - CVE-2017-2292 

 

#VU8099 Deserialization of untrusted data in MCollective - CVE-2017-2292

Published: September 5, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU8099
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: 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
Vulnerable software:
MCollective
Software vendor:
Puppet Labs

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.

Remediation

Update to version 2.11.0.

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