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Security Advisories: GSA_kwCzR0hTQS1ocGozLTVwNDYtZzg3d84AAeNk

Cobbler vulnerable to code injection via unsafe YAML loading

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.

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hpj3-5p46-g87w
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Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: Moderate
Classification: General
Published: almost 2 years ago
Updated: 4 months ago

Identifiers: GHSA-hpj3-5p46-g87w, CVE-2011-4953
References:

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4953
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric/+source/cobbler/+bug/858883
• https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=757062
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00019.html
• https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/commit/1b4f9ecf051422eb8512794701900f6199651442
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hpj3-5p46-g87w

Repository: https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler
Blast Radius: 0.0

Affected Packages