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CVE-2021-45083
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2022-02-20 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-276
Description
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.
Affected products
- The cobbler Project cobbler: before 3.3.1 — fixed in 3.3.1
- Fedoraproject Fedora: 34, 35, 36
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: The cobbler Project cobbler 3.3.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1193671
- https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/releases
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TEJN7CPW6YCHBFQPFZKGA6AVA6T5NPIW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z5CSXQE7Q4TVDQJKFYBO4XDH3BZ7BLAR/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZCXMOUW4DH4DYWIJN44SMSU6R3CZDZBE/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/02/18/3
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1193671
- https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/releases
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TEJN7CPW6YCHBFQPFZKGA6AVA6T5NPIW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z5CSXQE7Q4TVDQJKFYBO4XDH3BZ7BLAR/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZCXMOUW4DH4DYWIJN44SMSU6R3CZDZBE/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/02/18/3
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