CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2011-4954

Improper Privilege Management

Published: Nov 19, 2019 | Modified: Nov 21, 2019
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
6.9 IMPORTANT
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

cobbler has local privilege escalation via the use of insecure location for PYTHON_EGG_CACHE

Weakness

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Cobbler Cobblerd - (including) - (including)
Cobbler Ubuntu devel *
Cobbler Ubuntu natty *
Cobbler Ubuntu oneiric *
Cobbler Ubuntu precise *
Cobbler Ubuntu quantal *
Cobbler Ubuntu raring *

Potential Mitigations

References