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GLSA-201412-15 : MCollective: Privilege escalation
medium Nessus Plugin ID 79968
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Synopsis
The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201412-15 (MCollective: Privilege escalation)Two vulnerabilities have been found in MCollective:
An untrusted search path vulnerability exists in MCollective (CVE-2014-3248) MCollective does not properly validate server certificates (CVE-2014-3251) Impact :
A local attacker can execute arbitrary a Trojan horse shared library, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation. Furthermore, a local attacker may be able to establish unauthorized MCollective connections.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time.
Solution
All MCollective users should upgrade to the latest version:# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-admin/mcollective-2.5.3'
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Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 79968
File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201412-15.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Published: 12/15/2014
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.2
Temporal Score: 5.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mcollective, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/13/2014
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2014-3248, CVE-2014-3251
GLSA: 201412-15