CVE-2008-6954

Summary

CVECVE-2008-6954
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-08-12 10:30:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-17 01:29:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-264

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 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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cobbler Web Interface Kickstart Template Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: cobbler-1.2.9-1.fc8 FEDORA www.redhat.com
Version 1.2.9 of Cobbler | freshmeat.net CONFIRM freshmeat.net Patch
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Cobbler Web Interface Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Fedora update for cobbler - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: cobbler-1.2.9-1.fc9 FEDORA www.redhat.com
50291 OSVDB osvdb.org
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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