ubuntu-cve-2017-1000469
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-01-03 20:29
Modified
2025-07-16 04:53
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "cobbler",
            "binary_version": "2.4.1-0ubuntu2+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "cobbler-common",
            "binary_version": "2.4.1-0ubuntu2+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "cobbler-web",
            "binary_version": "2.4.1-0ubuntu2+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "koan",
            "binary_version": "2.4.1-0ubuntu2+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python-cobbler",
            "binary_version": "2.4.1-0ubuntu2+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python-koan",
            "binary_version": "2.4.1-0ubuntu2+esm1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "cobbler",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/cobbler@2.4.1-0ubuntu2+esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.4.1-0ubuntu2+esm1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.4.1-0ubuntu2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000469",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:53:22Z",
  "published": "2018-01-03T20:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000469"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/issues/1845"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/pull/1893/commits/67087c3f1e60f1028e9aaa04173a7ec112955cac"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6475-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-1000469"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-6475-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2017-1000469"
  ]
}



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