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RHEL 6 : cobbler (RHSA-2018:2372)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 111623
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for cobbler.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2018:2372 advisory.Cobbler is a network install server. Cobbler supports PXE, virtualized installs, and re-installing existing Linux machines. Cobbler has a XMLRPC API for integration with other applications.
Security Fix(es):
* cobbler: CobblerXMLRPCInterface exports all its methods over XMLRPC (CVE-2018-10931)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
This issue was discovered by Cedric Buissart (Red Hat).
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL cobbler package based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:2372.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2372
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 111623
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-2372.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 8/10/2018
Updated: 6/3/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-10931
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.5
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:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cobbler, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Patch Publication Date: 8/9/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/9/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-10931