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SCA: security update for cobbler (GHSA-xc7w-jvhx-p6q9)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 434514

Description

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

 - 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. (CVE-2014-3225)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xc7w-jvhx-p6q9

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 434514

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3225

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/8/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3225

BID: 67277

cwe: CWE-22