Bug 1365807 (CVE-2015-7331)

Summary: CVE-2015-7331 mcollective-puppet-agent: Remote Code Execution in mcollective-puppet-agent plugin
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: ccoleman, dedgar, dmcphers, jgoulding, jialiu, joelsmith, jokerman, lmeyer, mmccomas
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Fixed In Version: mcollective-puppet-agent 1.11.1 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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Bug Depends On: 1374964    
Bug Blocks: 1365813    

Description Andrej Nemec 2016-08-10 09:03:51 UTC
A vulnerability was found in puppet-agent MCollective plugin. It previously allowed you to pass the '--server' argument to MCollective. This insecure argument enabled remote code execution via connection to an untrusted host.

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https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2015-7331