UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45083 (CVE-2021-45083)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2022-02-20 18:15 – Updated: 2025-07-16 04:57 – Source website
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An issue was discovered in Cobbler before 3.3.1. Files in /etc/cobbler are world readable. Two of those files contain some sensitive information that can be exposed to a local user who has non-privileged access to the server. The users.digest file contains the sha2-512 digest of users in a Cobbler local installation. In the case of an easy-to-guess password, it's trivial to obtain the plaintext string. The settings.yaml file contains secrets such as the hashed default password.

Severity
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "cobbler",
            "binary_version": "2.4.1-0ubuntu2+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "cobbler-common",
            "binary_version": "2.4.1-0ubuntu2+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "cobbler-web",
            "binary_version": "2.4.1-0ubuntu2+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "koan",
            "binary_version": "2.4.1-0ubuntu2+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python-cobbler",
            "binary_version": "2.4.1-0ubuntu2+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python-koan",
            "binary_version": "2.4.1-0ubuntu2+esm1"
          }
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      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "cobbler",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/cobbler@2.4.1-0ubuntu2+esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/xenial"
      },
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        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
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              "fixed": "2.4.1-0ubuntu2+esm1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.4.1-0ubuntu2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "An issue was discovered in Cobbler before 3.3.1. Files in /etc/cobbler are world readable. Two of those files contain some sensitive information that can be exposed to a local user who has non-privileged access to the server. The users.digest file contains the sha2-512 digest of users in a Cobbler local installation. In the case of an easy-to-guess password, it\u0027s trivial to obtain the plaintext string. The settings.yaml file contains secrets such as the hashed default password.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45083",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:57:38Z",
  "published": "2022-02-20T18:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-45083"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/releases"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/02/18/3"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6475-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-45083"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-6475-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2021-45083"
  ]
}



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