CVE-2012-2395
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Incomplete 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.
Find out more about CVE-2012-2395 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 5.3.0, as it did not include the upstream commit 0e5f6f2d50d460f4c6b0c9f62cfed0ff5c546906 that introduced this flaw. This issue affects the version of cobbler as shipped with Red Hat Network Satellite Server 5.4.0.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 8.5 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | Complete |
| Integrity Impact | Complete |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Satellite 5.4 (RHEL v.5) (cobbler) | RHSA-2012:1060 | 2012-07-09 |
| Red Hat Satellite 5.4 (RHEL v.6) (cobbler) | RHSA-2012:1060 | 2012-07-09 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Satellite 5.4 | Server | Affected |
| Red Hat Satellite 5.3 | Server | Not affected |
CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation