SB2018112627 - Fedora EPEL 7 update for cobbler

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SB2018112627 - Fedora EPEL 7 update for cobbler

Published: November 26, 2018 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2018112627
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

Low 100%
  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1000226)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of security tokens by the XMLRPC API endpoints. A remote unauthenticated attacker can perform unauthorized actions on a targeted system, such as gaining elevated privileges, modifying or accessing data, or accessing sensitive information.


2) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10931)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to exposure of all functions from its CobblerXMLRPCInterface class over XMLRPC. A remote unauthenticated attacker can gain high privileges within cobbler, upload files to arbitrary location in the context of the daemon.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References