CVE-2016-9605

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Published Aug 22, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 6.1 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

A flaw was found in cobbler software component version 2.6.11-1. It suffers from an invalid parameter validation vulnerability, leading the arbitrary file reading. The flaw is triggered by navigating to a vulnerable URL via cobbler-web on a default installation.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

The cobbler Project

cobbler

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`2.6.11-1`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:cobbler_project:cobbler:2.6.11-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-2448	A flaw was found in cobbler software component version 2.6.11-1. It suffers from an invalid parameter validation vulnerability, leading the arbitrary file reading. The flaw is triggered by navigating to a vulnerable URL via cobbler-web on a default installation.
Github GHSA	GHSA-4vc9-4xpq-77vm	Cobbler Arbitrary File Read

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.806% probability within 30 days)

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References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9605

History

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Subscriptions

Cobbler Project Cobbler

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 2:59 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: Aug 22, 2018, 9:00 PM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 2:59 AM
Reserved: Nov 23, 2016, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 12:56 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 22, 2018, 9:29 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 12:56 AM

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