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CVE-2012-2395 (GCVE-0-2012-2395)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-06-16 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:34
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Summary
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in action_power.py in Cobbler 2.2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) username or (2) password fields to the power_system method in the xmlrpc API.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2012-04-20 00:00
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