Improper Access Control The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package mcollective  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-MCOLLECTIVE-418214
  • published13 Feb 2017
  • disclosed13 Feb 2017

Introduced: 13 Feb 2017

CVE-2016-2788  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:unstable.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mcollective package and not the mcollective package as distributed by Debian.

MCollective 2.7.0 and 2.8.x before 2.8.9, as used in Puppet Enterprise, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the mco ping command.