Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 30, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-2298
CVE-2017-2298
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".
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:puppet:mcollective-sshkey-security:*:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:mcollective-sshkey-security:*:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*range: <=0.5.0
- (no CPE)range: <0.5.1
- Range: < 0.5.1
Patches
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References
3- puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2298nvdMitigationPatchVendor Advisory
- github.com/puppetlabs/mcollective-sshkey-security/blob/0.5.1/CHANGELOG.mdnvdThird Party Advisory
- github.com/puppetlabs/mcollective-sshkey-security/commit/3388a3109f4fb1c69fa8505e991bf59ca20d19a2nvdThird Party Advisory
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