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SCA: security update for cobbler (GHSA-g34c-mg6m-xvxj)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 414803

Description

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

 - 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. (CVE-2012-2395)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g34c-mg6m-xvxj

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 414803

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-2395

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/11/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2395

BID: 53666

cwe: CWE-77