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From: Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201709-01 ] MCollective: Remote Code Execution
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2017 22:36:06
Message-Id: 1541961.py8iyHrm9t@localhost.localdomain
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201709-01
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: MCollective: Remote Code Execution
9 Date: September 04, 2017
10 Bugs: #624704
11 ID: 201709-01
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15 Synopsis
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18 A vulnerability in MCollective might allow remote attackers to execute
19 arbitrary code.
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21 Background
22 ==========
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24 MCollective is a framework to build server orchestration or parallel
25 job execution systems.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 app-admin/mcollective < 2.11.0 >= 2.11.0
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35 Description
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38 A vulnerability was discovered in MCollective which allowed for
39 deserialized YAML from agents without calling safe_load. This allows
40 the potential for arbitrary code execution on the server.
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42 Impact
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45 A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
46 privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.
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48 Workaround
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51 There is no known workaround at this time.
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53 Resolution
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56 All MCollective users should upgrade to the latest version:
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58 # emerge --sync
59 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/mcollective-2.11.0"
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61 References
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64 [ 1 ] CVE-2017-2292
65 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2292
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67 Availability
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70 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
71 the Gentoo Security Website:
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73 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-01
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75 Concerns?
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78 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
79 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
80 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
81 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
82 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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84 License
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87 Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
88 belongs to its owner(s).
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90 The contents of this document are licensed under the
91 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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93 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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