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CVE-2018-10931: Exposed Dangerous Method or Function

May 13, 2022 (updated February 8, 2023)

An API-exposure flaw was found in cobbler, where it exported CobblerXMLRPCInterface private functions over XMLRPC. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to gain important privileges within cobbler, as well as upload files to an arbitrary location in the daemon context.

References

  • access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2372
  • access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10931
  • bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1613861
  • bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10931
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-8787-63px-3m23
  • github.com/cobbler/cobbler/commit/1b91a3d3ac87c31d9dac2307513feb2aa49620a6
  • github.com/cobbler/cobbler/issues/1916
  • github.com/cobbler/cobbler/pull/1921
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5P5Q4ACIVZ5D4KSUDLGRTOKGGB4U42SD/
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CMWK5KCCZXOGOYNR2H6BWDSABTQ5NYJA/
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5P5Q4ACIVZ5D4KSUDLGRTOKGGB4U42SD/
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CMWK5KCCZXOGOYNR2H6BWDSABTQ5NYJA/
  • movermeyer.com/2018-08-02-privilege-escalation-exploits-in-cobblers-api/
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10931

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 2.6.0 before 3.0.0

Fixed versions

  • 3.0.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.0.0 or above.

Impact 9.8 CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-749: Exposed Dangerous Method or Function

Source file

pypi/Cobbler/CVE-2018-10931.yml

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