CVE-2012-2395

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-2395
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-06-16 00:55:07 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionIncomplete blacklist vulnerability in action_power.py in Cobbler 2.2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) username or (2) password fields to the power_system method in the xmlrpc API.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Michael Dehaan Cobbler 2.2.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Merge pull request #164 from jimi1283/powerpipe · 6d9167e · cobbler/cobbler · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Patch
command injection on the host via the xmlrpc api · Issue #141 · cobbler/cobbler · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Bug #978999 “command injection on the host via the xmlrpc api” : Bugs : “cobbler” package : Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net
oss-security - Re: CVE request: cobbler command injection af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Cobbler Remote Command Injection Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:0814-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
oss-security - CVE request: cobbler command injection af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:0655-1: important: update for cobbl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
www.osvdb.org/82458 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
CVE-2012-2395 - Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
824460 – (CVE-2012-2395) CVE-2012-2395 cobbler: command injection flaw in the power management XML-RPC API MITRE bugzilla.redhat.com
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 750439 OpenSUSE Security Update for cobbler (openSUSE-SU-2021:0046-1)
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