A Command Injection in action_power.py in Cobbler prior to v2.6.0 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.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2395
• cobbler/cobbler#141
• cobbler/cobbler@6d9167e
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cobbler/+bug/978999
• https://web.archive.org/web/20120712025653/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53666
• https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00016.html
• https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00000.html
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/18
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/4
• https://www.osvdb.org/82458