CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-45081

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Published: Feb 20, 2022 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.9
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
5.9 LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

An issue was discovered in Cobbler through 3.3.1. Routines in several files use the HTTP protocol instead of the more secure HTTPS.

Weakness

The product transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Cobbler Cobbler_project * 3.3.1 (including)
Cobbler Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Cobbler Ubuntu trusty *
Cobbler Ubuntu upstream *
Cobbler Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References