Remote Code Execution (RCE) The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package mcollective-client  (opens in a new tab)


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EPSS
0.89% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RUBY-MCOLLECTIVECLIENT-449604
  • published11 Jun 2019
  • disclosed9 Aug 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Aug 2016

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

Amendment

This was deemed not a vulnerability.

Overview

mcollective-client is a client library for the Mcollective Application Server.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) via vectors related to the mco ping command.