CVE-2008-6954 describes a critical vulnerability in CobblerWeb, the web interface for Cobbler versions prior to 1.2.9. This flaw allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary Python code within the cobblerd service by manipulating Cheetah kickstart templates to import malicious Python modules. With a CVSS score of 9.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and requiring only authenticated access. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:michael_dehaan:cobbler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.1.1.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:michael_dehaan:cobbler:0.1.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:michael_dehaan:cobbler:0.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:michael_dehaan:cobbler:0.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:michael_dehaan:cobbler:0.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
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