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.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - 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. (CVE-2011-4953)

This update for cobbler fixes the following issues :

  - Add cobbler-tests subpackage for unit testing for     openSUSE/SLE 

  - Adds LoadModule definitions for openSUSE/SLE

  - Switch to new refactored auth module.

  - use systemctl to restart cobblerd on logfile rotation     (boo#1169207) Mainline logrotate conf file uses already     /sbin/service instead of outdated: /etc/init.d/cobblerd

  - Fix cobbler sync for DHCP or DNS (boo#1169553) Fixed     mainline by commit 2d6cfe42da

  - Signatures file now uses 'default_autoinstall' which     fixes import problem happening with some distributions     (boo#1159010)

  - Fix for kernel and initrd detection (boo#1159010)

  - New :

  - For the distro there is now a parameter     remote_boot_initrd and remote_boot_kernel ()

  - For the profile there is now a parameter filename for     DHCP. (#2280)

  - Signatures for ESXi 6 and 7 (#2308)

  - The hardlink command is now detected more dynamically     and thus more error resistant (#2297)

  - HTTPBoot will now work in some cases out of the bug.
    (#2295)

  - Additional DNS query for a case where the wrong record     was queried in the nsupdate system case (#2285)

  - Changes :

  - Enabled a lot of tests, removed some and implemented     new. (#2202)

  - Removed not used files from the codebase. (#2302)

  - Exchanged mkisofs to xorrisofs. (#2296)

  - Removed duplicate code. (#2224)

  - Removed unreachable code. (#2223)

  - Snippet creation and deletion now works again via     xmlrpc. (#2244)

  - Replace createrepo with createrepo_c. (#2266)

  - Enable Kerberos through having a case sensitive     users.conf. (#2272)

  - Bugfixes :

  - General various Bugfixes (#2331, )

  - Makefile usage and commands. (#2344, #2304)

  - Fix the dhcp template. (#2314)

  - Creation of the management classes and gPXE. (#2310)

  - Fix the scm_track module. (#2275, #2279)

  - Fix passing the netdevice parameter correctly to the     linuxrc. (#2263)

  - powerstatus from cobbler now works thanks to a wrapper     for ipmitool. (#2267)

  - In case the LDAP is used for auth, it now works with     ADs. (#2274)

  - Fix passthru authentication. (#2271)

  - Other :

  - Add Codecov. (#2229)

  - Documentation updates. (#2333, #2326, #2305, #2249,     #2268)

  - Buildprocess :

  - Recreation and cleanup of Grub2. (#2278)

  - Fix small errors for openSUSE Leap. (#2233)

  - Fix rpmlint errors. (#2237)

  - Maximum compatibility for debbuild package creation.
    (#2255, #2292, #2242, #2300)

  - Fixes related to our CI Pipeline (#2254, #2269)

  - Internal Code cleanup (#2273, #2270)

  - Breaking Changes :

  - Hash handling in users.digest file. (#2299) 

  - Updated to version 3.1.1.

  - Introduce new packaging from upstream

  - Changelog see below

  - New :

  - We are now having a cross-distro specfile which can be     build in the OBS (#2220) - before rewritten it was     improved by #2144 & #2174

  - Grub Submenu for net-booting machines (#2217)

  - Building the Cent-OS RPMs in Docker (#2190 #2189)

  - Reintroduced manpage build in setup.py (#2185)

  - mgmt_parameters are now passed to the dhcp template     (#2182)

  - Using the standard Pyhton3 logger instead of a custom     one (#2160 #2139 #2151)

  - Script for converting the settings file from 3.0.0 to     3.0.1 (#2154)

  - Docs now inside the repo instead of cobbler.github.io     and improved with sphinx (#2117)

  - Changes :

  - The default tftpboot directory is now /var/lib/tftpboot     instead of previously /srv/tftpboot (#2220)

  - Distro signatures were adjusted where necessary (#2219     #2134)

  - Removed requirements.txt and placed the requirements in     setup.py (#2204)

  - Display only entries in grub which are from the same     arch (#2191 #2216)

  - Change the name of the cobbler manpage form cobbler-cli     to cobbler back and move it to section 8 (#2188 #2186)

  - Bugfixes :

  - Incremented Version to 3.1.1 from 3.0.1

  - S390 Support was cleaned up (#2207 #2178)

  - PowerPC Support was cleaned up (#2178)

  - Added a missing import while importing a distro with     cobbler import (#2201)

  - Fixed a case where a stacktrace would be produced so     pass none instead (#2203)

  - Rename of suse_kopts_textmode_overwrite to     kops_overwrite to utils (#2143 #2200)

  - Fix rsync subprocess call (#2199 #2179)

  - Fixed an error where the template rendering did not work     (#2176)

  - Fixed some cobbler import errors (#2172)

  - Wrong shebang in various scripts (#2148)

  - Fix some imports which fixes errors introduced by the     remodularization (#2150 #2153)

  - Other :

  - Issue Templates for Github (#2187)

  - Update to latest git HEAD code base This version (from     mainline so for quite a while already) also includes     fixes for 'boo#1149075' and boo#1151875

  - Fix for cobbler import and buildiso (boo#1156574)

  - Adjusted manpage creation (needs sphinx as     BuildRequires)

  - Fix cobbler sync for dhcp and dns enabled due to latest     module renaming patches

  - Update to latest git HEAD

  - Fixes permission denied in apache2 context when trying     to write cobbler log

  - Fixes a bad import in import_signature (item)

  - Fixes bad shebang bash path in mkgrub.sh (used in post     section)

  - Now track Github master branch WARNING: This release     contains breaking changes for your settings file! 

  - Notable changes :

  - Now using standard python logger

  - Updated dhcpd.template 

  - Removed fix_shebang.patch: now in upstream. 

  - added -s parameter to fdupes call to prevent hardlink     across partititons

  - Update to latest v3.0.0 cobbler release

  - Add previouly added patch:
    exclude_get-loaders_command.patch to the list of patches     to apply.

  - Fix log file world readable (as suggested by Matthias     Gerstner) and change file attributes via attr in spec     file

  - Do not allow get-loaders command (download of     third-party provided network boot loaders we do not     trust)

  - Mainline fixes: 3172d1df9b9cc8 Add missing help text in     redhat_management_key field c8f5490e507a72 Set default     interface if cobbler system add has no

    --interface= param 31a1aa31d26c4a Remove apache     IfVersion tags from apache configs

  - Integrated fixes that came in from mainline from other     products (to calm down obs regression checker):
    CVE-2011-4953, fate#312397, boo#660126, boo#671212,     boo#672471, boo#682665 boo#687891, boo#695955,     boo#722443, boo#722445, boo#757062, boo#763610     boo#783671, boo#790545, boo#796773, boo#811025,     boo#812948, boo#842699 boo#846580, boo#869371,     boo#884051, boo#976826, boo#984998 Some older bugs need     boo# references as well: boo#660126, boo#671212,     boo#672471, boo#682665 boo#687891, boo#695955,     boo#722443, boo#722445, boo#757062, boo#763610     boo#783671, boo#790545, boo#796773, boo#811025,     boo#812948, boo#842699 boo#846580, boo#869371,     boo#884051

  - Fix for redhat_management_key not being listed as a     choice during profile rename (boo#1134588)

  - Added :

  - rhn-mngmnt-key-field-fix.diff

  - Fixes distribution detection in setup.py for SLESo

  - Added :

  -     changes-detection-to-distro-like-for-suse-distributions.
    diff

  - Moving to pytest and adding Docker test integration

  - Added :

  - add-docker-integration-testing.diff

  - refactor-unittest-to-pytest.diff

  - Additional compatability changes for old Koan versions.

  - Modified :

  - renamed-methods-alias-part2.patch

  - Old Koan versions not only need method aliases, but also     need compatible responses

  - Added :

  - renamed-methods-alias-part2.patch

  - Add the redhat_managment_* fields again to enable     templating in SUMA.

  - Added :

  - revert-redhat-management-removal.patch 

  - Changes return of last_modified_time RPC to float

  - Added :

  - changes-return-to-float.diff

  - provide old name aliases for all renamed methods :

  - get_distro_for_koan => get_distro_as_rendered

  - get_profile_for_koan => get_profile_as_rendered

  - get_system_for_koan => get_system_as_rendered

  - get_repo_for_koan => get_repo_as_rendered

  - get_image_for_koan => get_image_as_rendered

  - get_mgmtclass_for_koan => get_mgmtclass_as_rendered

  - get_package_for_koan => get_package_as_rendered

  - get_file_for_koan => get_file_as_rendered

  - Renamed: get_system_for_koan.patch =>     renamed-methods-alias.patch

  - provide renamed method 'get_system_for_koan' under old     name for old clients.

  - Added :

  - get_system_for_koan.patch

  - Bring back power_system method in the XML-RPC API

  - Changed lanplus option to lanplus=true in     fence_ipmitool.template

  - Added :

  - power_system_xmlrpc_api.patch

  - Changed :

  - fence_ipmitool.template

  - Disables nsupdate_enabled by default

  - Added :

  - disable_nsupdate_enabled_by_default.diff

  - Fixes issue in distribution detection with 'lower'     function call.

  - Modified :

  - remodeled-distro-detection.diff 

  - Adds imporoved distribution detection. Since now all     base products get detected correctly, we no longer need     the SUSE Manager patch.

  - Added :

  - remodeled-distro-detection.diff 

  - fix grub directory layout

  - Added :

  - create-system-directory-at-the-correct-place.patch

  - fix HTTP status code of XMLRPC service

  - Added :

  - fix-http-status-code.patch

  - touch /etc/genders when it not exists (boo#1128926)

  - Add patches to fix logging

  - Added :

  - return-the-name-of-the-unknown-method.patch

  - call-with-logger-where-possible.patch

  - Switching version schema from 3.0 to 3.0.0

  - Fixes case where distribution detection returns None     (boo#1130658)

  - Added :

  - fixes-distro-none-case.diff

  - Removes newline from token, which caused authentication     error (boo#1128754)

  - Added :

  - remove-newline-from-token.diff

  - Added a patch which fixes an exception when login in     with a non-root user.

  - Added :

  - fix-login-error.patch

  - Added a patch which fixes an exception when login in     with a non-root user.

  - Added :

  - fix-login-error.patch



  - Remove patch merged at upstream :

  - 0001-return-token-as-string.patch

  - change grub2-x86_64-efi dependency to Recommends

  - grub2-i386pc is not really required. Changed to     recommended to allow building for architectures other     than x86_64

  - Use cdrtools starting with SLE-15 and Leap-15 again.
    (boo#1081739)

  - Update cobbler loaders server hostname (boo#980577)

  - Update outdated apache config (boo#956264)

  - Replace builddate with changelog date to fix     build-compare (boo#969538)

  - LOCKFILE usage removed on openSUSE (boo#714618)

  - Power management subsystem completely re-worked to     prevent command-injection (CVE-2012-2395)

  - Removed patch merged at upstream :

  - cobblerd_needs_apache2_service_started.patch

  - Checking bug fixes of released products are in latest     develop pkg :

  - remove fix-nameserver-search.fix; bug is invalid     (boo#1029276)

    -> not needed anymore

  - fix cobbler yaboot handling (boo#968406, boo#966622)

    -> no yaboot support anymore

  - support UEFI boot with cobbler generated tftp tree     (boo#1020376)

    -> upstream

  - Enabling PXE grub2 support for PowerPC (boo#986978)

    -> We have grub2 support for ppc64le

  - (boo#1048183) fix missing args and location for xen

    -> is in

  - no koan support anymore: boo#969541, boo#924118,     boo#967523

  - not installed (boo#966841) works.

  - These still have to be looked at: SUSE system as systemd     only (boo#952844) handle list value for kernel options     correctly (boo#973413) entry in pxe menu (boo#988889)

  - This still has to be switched off (at least in internal     cobbler versions): Disabling 'get-loaders' command and     'check' fixed. boo#973418

  - Add explicity require to tftp, so it is used for both     SLE and openSUSE (originally from jgonzalez@suse.com)

  - Moved Recommends according to spec_cleaner

  - Require latest apache2-mod_wsgi-python3 package This     fixes interface to http://localhost/cblr/svc/...

  - Use latest github cobbler/cobbler master branch in
    _service file

  - cobblerd_needs_apache2_service_started.patch reverted,     that is mainline now :

  - Only recommend grub2-arm and grub2-ppc packages or we     might not be able to build on factory where arm/ppc     might not be built

  - Remove genders package requires. A genders file is     generated, but we do not need/use the genders package.

  - Update to latest cobbler version 3.0 mainline git HEAD     version and remove already integrated or not needed     anymore patches.

  - Serial console support added, did some testing already     Things should start to work as expected

  - Add general grub2 support

  - Put mkgrub.* into mkgrub.sh

  - Add git date and commit to version string for now

  - Add grub2 mkimage scripts: mkgrub.i386-pc     mkgrub.powerpc-ieee1275 mkgrub.x86_64-efi     mkgrub.arm64-efi and generate grub executables with them     in the %post section



  - build server wants explicite package in BuildRequires;
    use tftp

  - require tftp(server) instead of atftp

  - cleanup: cobbler is noarch, so arch specific requires do     not make sense

  - SLES15 is using /etc/os-release instead of     /etc/SuSE-release, use this one for checking also

  - add sles15 distro profile (boo#1090205)

  - fix signature for SLES15 (boo#1075014)

  - fix signature for SLES15 (boo#1075014)

  - fix koan wait parameter initialization

  - Fix koan shebang

  - Escape shell parameters provided by the user for the     reposync action (CVE-2017-1000469) (boo#1074594)

  - detect if there is already another instance of 'cobbler     sync' running and exit with failure if so (boo#1081714)

  - do not try to hardlink to a symlink. The result will be     a dangling symlink in the general case (boo#1097733)

  - fix service restart after logrotate for cobblerd     (boo#1113747)

  - rotate cobbler logs at higher frequency to prevent disk     fillup (boo#1113747)

  - Forbid exposure of private methods in the API     (CVE-2018-10931) (CVE-2018-1000225) (boo#1104287)     (boo#1104189) (boo#1105442)

  - Check access token when calling 'modify_setting' API     endpoint (boo#1104190) (boo#1105440) (CVE-2018-1000226)

Specially crafted YAML could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code due to the use of yaml.load instead of yaml.safe_load.

Specially crafted YAML could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code due to the use of yaml.load instead of yaml.safe_load.

Cobbler-web was prone to Cross-Site-Request-Forgery (CSRF)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
434551	SCA: security update for cobbler (GHSA-hpj3-5p46-g87w)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	critical
434551	SCA: security update for cobbler (GHSA-hpj3-5p46-g87w)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	critical
145357	openSUSE Security Update : cobbler (openSUSE-2021-46)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
74629	openSUSE Security Update : cobbler (openSUSE-SU-2012:0639-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
74609	openSUSE Security Update : cobbler (openSUSE-SU-2012:0557-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high

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