CVE-2016-9605

Description

A flaw was found in cobbler software component version 2.6.11-1. It suffers from an invalid parameter validation vulnerability, leading the arbitrary file reading. The flaw is triggered by navigating to a vulnerable URL via cobbler-web on a default installation.

CVSS Metrics

• v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
• v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.30%• Percentile: 54%

Techniques & Countermeasures

• CWE-79•Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

  The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

Affected Systems

• cobbler_project•cobbler

  2.6.11-1

• PyPI•cobbler

  ≤ 2.6.11-1

• the cobbler project•cobbler

  2.6.11-1

References (3)

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9605
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9605
• https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler