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FreeBSD: puppet-agent MCollective plugin -- Remote Code Execution vulnerability (CVE-2015-7331)

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FreeBSD: puppet-agent MCollective plugin -- Remote Code Execution vulnerability (CVE-2015-7331)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
08/09/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/15/2016
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Puppet reports: Puppet Enterprise previously included a puppet-agent MCollective plugin that allowed you to pass the `--server` argument to MCollective. This insecure argument enabled remote code execution via connection to an untrusted host. The puppet-agent MCollective version included in PE 2016.2.1, this option is disabled by default.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-mcollective-puppet-agent

References

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