CVE-2011-4953

EPSS 0.71%

Cobbler vulnerable to code injection via unsafe YAML loading

Published: 5/17/2022Modified: 12/7/2024

Description

The `set_mgmt_parameters` function in item.py in cobbler before 2.2.2 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the use of the `yaml.load` function instead of the `yaml.safe_load function`, as demonstrated using Puppet.

Affected packages (1)

PyPI/cobblerfrom 0, < 2.6.0

References (6)

ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4953
PATCHhttps://github.com/cobbler/cobbler
WEBhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00019.html
WEBhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric/+source/cobbler/+bug/858883
WEBhttps://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=757062
WEBhttps://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/commit/1b4f9ecf051422eb8512794701900f6199651442