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ubuntu-cve-2012-2395 Withdrawn 2025-07-18

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2012-06-16 00:55

Modified

2025-07-16 04:50

Summary

Details

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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-2395	REPORT
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23	REPORT
	https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/issues/141	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2395	REPORT

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        "availability": "No subscription required",
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  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2012-2395",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:50:06Z",
  "published": "2012-06-16T00:55:00Z",
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  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:42:46Z"
}

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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-06-16 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:34

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

redhat redhat root

References

9 references

URL	Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/4	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53666	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/commit/6d9167e…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/0…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cobbler…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/issues/141	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.osvdb.org/82458	vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB

Date Public

2012-04-20 00:00

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