openSUSE Security Update : cobbler (openSUSE-SU-2012:0557-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 74609

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Specially crafted YAML could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code due to the use of yaml.load instead of yaml.safe_load.

Cobbler-web was prone to Cross-Site-Request-Forgery (CSRF)

Solution

Update the affected cobbler packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=757062

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=757316

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=757479

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-04/msg00059.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 74609

File Name: openSUSE-2012-247.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:koan, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cobbler-web, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cobbler

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 4/17/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/27/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4952, CVE-2011-4953, CVE-2011-4954