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CVE-2014-3225
Path Traversal in cobbler (CVE-2014-3225)
Summary
path traversal in cobbler (CVE-2014-3225). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to `2.4.7` or later.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2014-3225** has been found in cobbler.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: ?/10.
What to do: upgrade cobbler to **2.4.7** or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "cobbler CVE-2014-3225" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2014-3225 (cobbler) — CWE-22 /
Patched: `2.4.7` — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**Path traversal** (CWE-22) exists in cobbler.
📍 Affected scope
cobbler — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to **2.4.7**.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'cobbler' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'cobbler' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `cobbler` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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6Apply patch patch
Upgrade cobbler to 2.4.7ステージング環境で 2.4.7 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスと、Step 3 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
PyPI
cobbler
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"2.4.0"},{"fixed":"2.4.7"}]}]
References
- advisory https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3225
- advisory https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xc7w-jvhx-p6q9
- package https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler
- package https://pypi.org/project/cobbler
- web https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/issues/939
- web https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/commit/8232c0e88ec7382d3f8d3bf48c81a4a91ac4325d
- web https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/commit/f757e3096fcd32397609ca38efb01f19d16dd634
- web https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuBaoQUFEYQ&feature=youtu.be
- web http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126553/Cobbler-Local-File-Inclusion.html
- web http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/273
- web http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/274
- web http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33252
- web http://www.osvdb.org/106759
- web http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/532094/100/0/threaded
- web http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67277