CVE-2011-4953
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.8
Description
Cobbler vulnerable to code injection via unsafe YAML loading
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | cobbler | <2.6.0 | 2.6.0 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| cobbler_project | cobbler | {"endIncluding":"2.2.1"} | |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00019.html
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric/+source/cobbler/+bug/858883
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=757062
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4953
- https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/commit/1b4f9ecf051422eb8512794701900f6199651442
- https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.