openSUSE Security Update : cobbler (openSUSE-SU-2012:0639-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 74629

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.

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://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-05/msg00032.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 74629

File Name: openSUSE-2012-287.nasl

Version: 1.6

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.4, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:koan, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cobbler-web, 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: 5/7/2012

Reference Information

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