CVE-2011-4953

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2011-09-28
CWE:
CWE-96
Bugzilla:
811920: CVE-2011-4953 cobbler: Privilege escalation by processing of crafted management parameters

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The set_mgmt_parameters function in item.py in cobbler before 2.2.2 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the use of the yaml.load function instead of the yaml.safe_load function, as demonstrated using Puppet.

Find out more about CVE-2011-4953 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue did not affect the version of cobbler as shipped with Red Hat Network Satellite Server 5.4 as it did not include the upstream commit d7b30b5fca5097c544ca37ade8c945a3106b1896 that introduced this flaw.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 7.1
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Satellite 5.4 Server Not affected

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