CVE-2008-6954

Summary

CVECVE-2008-6954
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-08-12 10:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler 0.1.1.7 All All All
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler 0.2.1 All All All
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler 0.2.2 All All All
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler 0.2.3 All All All
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler 0.2.5 All All All
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler 0.2.7 All All All
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler 0.2.8 All All All
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler 0.2.9 All All All
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler 0.3.0 All All All
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler 0.3.1 All All All
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler 0.3.3 All All All
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler 0.3.4 All All All
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler 0.3.5 All All All
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler 0.3.6 All All All
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler 0.3.7 All All All
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler 0.3.9 All All All
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler 0.4.0 All All All
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler 0.4.2 All All All
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler 0.4.3 All All All
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler 0.4.5 All All All
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler 0.4.6 All All All
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler 0.4.7 All All All
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler 0.4.8 All All All
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler 0.5.0 All All All
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler 0.6.0 All All All
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler 0.6.1 All All All
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler 0.6.3 All All All
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler 0.6.4 All All All
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler 0.6.5 All All All
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler 0.8.1 All All All
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler 0.8.3 All All All
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler 1.0.0 All All All
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler 1.0.2 All All All
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler 1.0.2-1 All All All
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler 1.0.3-1 All All All
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler 1.2.0 All All All
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler 1.2.2 All All All
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler 1.2.3 All All All
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler 1.2.5 All All All
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler 1.2.6 All All All
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler 1.2.7 All All All
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: cobbler-1.2.9-1.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: cobbler-1.2.9-1.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
osvdb.org/50291 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Version 1.2.9 of Cobbler | freshmeat.net af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 freshmeat.net Patch
Cobbler Web Interface Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Fedora update for cobbler - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Cobbler Web Interface Kickstart Template Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 997203 Python (Pip) Security Update for cobbler (GHSA-p8w2-f44p-fmcj)
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