Michael Dehaan Cobbler up to 0.3.8 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Michael Dehaan Cobbler up to 0.3.8. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-6954. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Michael Dehaan Cobbler up to 0.3.8 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The web interface (CobblerWeb) in Cobbler before 1.2.9 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary Python code in cobblerd by editing a Cheetah kickstart template to import arbitrary Python modules.

The weakness was shared 11/15/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-6954 since 08/11/2009. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 34828 (Fedora 8 : cobbler-1.2.9-1.fc8 (2008-9723)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 0.3.9 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (46625), Tenable (34828), SecurityFocus (BID 32317†), OSVDB (50291†) and Secunia (SA32737†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 34828
Nessus Name: Fedora 8 : cobbler-1.2.9-1.fc8 (2008-9723)
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OpenVAS ID: 860788
OpenVAS Name: Family Connections argv[1] Parameter Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Cobbler 0.3.9

Timelineinfo

11/15/2008 🔍
11/15/2008 +0 days 🔍
11/17/2008 +1 days 🔍
11/17/2008 +0 days 🔍
11/19/2008 +1 days 🔍
11/21/2008 +2 days 🔍
08/11/2009 +263 days 🔍
08/12/2009 +1 days 🔍
03/18/2015 +2044 days 🔍
04/21/2019 +1495 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: redhat.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-6954 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-6954
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-49379
X-Force: 46625
SecurityFocus: 32317 - Cobbler Web Interface Kickstart Template Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 32737 - Cobbler Web Interface Privilege Escalation Vulnerability, Not Critical
OSVDB: 50291 - Cobbler Web Interface Kickstart Template Manipulation Privilege Escalation

Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 04/21/2019 20:15
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (73), 04/21/2019 20:15 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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