CVE-2018-10931: Cobbler has Exposed Dangerous Method or Function
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It was found that cobbler 2.6.x exposed all functions from its CobblerXMLRPCInterface class over XMLRPC. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to gain high privileges within cobbler, upload files to arbitrary location in the context of the daemon.
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
- github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/cobbler/PYSEC-2026-313.yaml
- 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
- pypi.org/project/cobbler
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