Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting cobbler package, versions [,3.2.2)
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
4.55% (93rd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-PYTHON-COBBLER-1657875
- published 23 Sep 2021
- disclosed 20 Sep 2021
- credit Nicolas Chatelain
Introduced: 20 Sep 2021
CVE-2021-40323 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade cobbler to version 3.2.2 or higher.
Overview
cobbler is a network install server.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution the generate_script RPC method could be used to get arbitrary files on the system.
As many cobbler endpoints call the _log method, an attacker could call an endpoint of choice, insert malicious code into the log file via a crafted input, and use the generate_script method to evaluate the associated log file as a template, thereby achieving arbitrary code execution.
CVSS Scores
version 3.1