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FreeBSD : puppet-agent MCollective plugin -- Remote Code Execution vulnerability (df502a2f-61f6-11e6-a461-643150d3111d)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 92963

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Puppet reports :

Puppet Enterprise previously included a puppet-agent MCollective plugin that allowed you to pass the `--server` argument to MCollective. This insecure argument enabled remote code execution via connection to an untrusted host. The puppet-agent MCollective version included in PE 2016.2.1, this option is disabled by default.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

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

http://www.nessus.org/u?b1a25ffb

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 92963

File Name: freebsd_pkg_df502a2f61f611e6a461643150d3111d.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Published: 8/15/2016

Updated: 1/28/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-7331

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mcollective-puppet-agent

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/15/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/9/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-7331