Cobbler version up to 2.8.2 is vulnerable to a command injection vulnerability in the "add repo" component resulting in arbitrary code execution as root user.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6475-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Cobbler did not properly handle user input, which could result in an absolute path     traversal. An attacker could possibly

    use this issue to read arbitrary files. (CVE-2014-3225)

    It was discovered that Cobbler did not properly handle user input, which could result in command     injection. An attacker could possibly use this

    issue to execute arbitrary code with high privileges.

    (CVE-2017-1000469, CVE-2021-45082)

    It was discovered that Cobbler did not properly hide private functions in a class. A remote attacker could     possibly use this issue to gain high

    privileges and upload files to an arbitrary location.

    (CVE-2018-10931, CVE-2018-1000225, CVE-2018-1000226)

    Nicolas Chatelain discovered that Cobbler did not properly handle user

    input, which could result in log poisoning. A remote attacker could

    possibly use this issue to bypass authorization, write in an arbitrary

    file, or execute arbitrary code.

    (CVE-2021-40323, CVE-2021-40324, CVE-2021-40325)

    It was discovered that Cobbler did not properly handle file permissions

    during package install or update operations. An attacker could possibly

    use this issue to perform a privilege escalation attack. (CVE-2021-45083)

    It was discovered that Cobbler did not properly process credentials for

    expired accounts. An attacker could possibly use this issue to login to

    the platform with an expired account or password. (CVE-2022-0860)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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cobblerd on logfile rotation     (boo#1169207) Mainline logrotate conf file uses already     /sbin/service instead of outdated: /etc/init.d/cobblerd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

Update to 2.8.3 - Fix security issue

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for cobbler fixes the following issues :

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

  - Fix for calling koan with virt_type kvm. (bsc#1090205)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for cobbler fixes the following issues :

The following security issue has been fixed :

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

Additionally, the following non-security issues have been fixed :

  - Fix signature for SLES15. (bsc#1075014)

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

  - Add SLES 15 distro profile. (bsc#1090205)

  - Require tftp(server) instead of atftp.

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
185504	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Cobbler vulnerabilities (USN-6475-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
145357	openSUSE Security Update : cobbler (openSUSE-2021-46)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
120427	Fedora 28 : cobbler (2018-52ee188215)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
110659	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : cobbler (SUSE-SU-2018:1741-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
110634	openSUSE Security Update : cobbler (openSUSE-2018-655)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical

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