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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS USN-6475-1 Moderate: Cobbler Input Handling Attacks

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Calendar Grey November 15, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Recent security advisories for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS address crucial vulnerabilities in Cobbler, as detailed in security update USN-6475-1. Explore the nature of these risks.
Several security issues were fixed in Cobbler.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro) Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Cobbler. Software Description: - cobbler: Cobbler is a versatile Linux deployment server Details: It was discovered that Cobbler did not properly handle user input, which could result in an absolute path traversal. An attacker could possibly use this issue to read arbitrary files. (CVE-2014-3225) It was discovered that Cobbler did not properly handle user input, which could result in command injection. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code with high privileges. (CVE-2017-1000469, CVE-2021-45082) It was discovered that Cobbler did not properly hide private functions in a class. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to gain high privileges and upload files to an arbitrary location. (CVE-2018-10931, CVE-2018-1000225, CVE-2018-1000226) Nicolas Chat...

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro): cobbler 2.4.1-0ubuntu2+esm1 cobbler-common 2.4.1-0ubuntu2+esm1 cobbler-web 2.4.1-0ubuntu2+esm1 koan 2.4.1-0ubuntu2+esm1 python-cobbler 2.4.1-0ubuntu2+esm1 python-koan 2.4.1-0ubuntu2+esm1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6475-1

CVE-2014-3225, CVE-2017-1000469, CVE-2018-1000225, CVE-2018-1000226,

CVE-2018-10931, CVE-2021-40323, CVE-2021-40324, CVE-2021-40325,

CVE-2021-45082, CVE-2021-45083, CVE-2022-0860

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6475-1

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