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GLSA-201709-01 : MCollective: Remote Code Execution

critical Nessus Plugin ID 102942

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201709-01 (MCollective: Remote Code Execution)

 A vulnerability was discovered in MCollective which allowed for deserialized YAML from agents without calling safe_load. This allows the potential for arbitrary code execution on the server.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All MCollective users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-admin/mcollective-2.11.0'

See Also

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 102942

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201709-01.nasl

Version: 3.3

Type: local

Published: 9/5/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mcollective, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 9/4/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-2292

GLSA: 201709-01