CVE-2017-2298

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".
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
6.5 MEDIUM
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
puppetCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 50%
VendorProductVersion
puppetmcollective-sshkey-security
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≤ 0.5.0
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= Vulnerable software versions
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://github.com/puppetlabs/mcollective-sshkey-security/blob/0.5.1/CHANGELOG.md
https://github.com/puppetlabs/mcollective-sshkey-security/commit/3388a3109f4fb1c69fa8505e991bf59ca20d19a2
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2298
https://github.com/puppetlabs/mcollective-sshkey-security/blob/0.5.1/CHANGELOG.md
https://github.com/puppetlabs/mcollective-sshkey-security/commit/3388a3109f4fb1c69fa8505e991bf59ca20d19a2
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2298