Gentoo update for MCollective

Published: 2017-09-05

Risk	High
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	1
CVE-ID	CVE-2017-2292
CWE-ID	CWE-502
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	Gentoo Linux Operating systems & Components / Operating system
Vendor	Gentoo

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one high risk vulnerability.

1) Deserialization of untrusted data

EUVDB-ID: #VU8099

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 7.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-2292

CWE-ID: CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Exploit availability: No

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.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.
app-admin/mcollective to version: 2.11.0

Vulnerable software versions

Gentoo Linux: All versions

External links

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-01

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated privileged user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.