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Medium Public exploit CVE-2014-3225 EUVD-2022-5762GHSA-xc7w-jvhx-p6q9PYSEC-2026-797

Cobbler Path Traversal vulnerability

Published May 14, 2014 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Package: cobbler Package: cobbler Ecosystem: PyPI Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the web interface in Cobbler 2.4.x through 2.6.x allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via the Kickstart field in a profile.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Ubuntu

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS cobbler 2.4.1-0ubuntu2+esm1 USN-6475-1

openSUSE

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed cobbler 2.6.6-4.2 openSUSE-SU-2024:10282-1

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Exploit-DB 1

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI cobbler >= 2.6.0, < 2.6.4 2.6.4 GHSA-xc7w-jvhx-p6q9
PyPI cobbler >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.7 2.4.7 GHSA-xc7w-jvhx-p6q9
PyPI cobbler >= 2.4.0, < 2.4.7 · >= 2.6.0, < 2.6.4 2.4.7, 2.6.4 PYSEC-2026-797

Advisories 3

References