SB2019111928 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Cobbler

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-4952)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.

2) Improper Privilege Management (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-4954)

The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.

cobbler has local privilege escalation via the use of insecure location for PYTHON_EGG_CACHE

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/12/10
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-4952
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-4952
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4952
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-4954
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-4954
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-4954
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4954