Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in action_power.py in Cobbler 2.2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) username or (2) password fields to the power_system method in the xmlrpc API.
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00016.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00000.html
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cobbler/+bug/978999
https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/commit/6d9167e5da44eca56bdf42b5776097a6779aaadf
https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/issues/141
Published: 2012-06-16
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Severity: High