# CVE-2021-45083: An issue was discovered in Cobbler before 3.3.1.

- Also known as: PYSEC-2022-38, GHSA-5946-MPW5-PQXX
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.3.1
- Published: 2022-02-20 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- cobbler (PyPI): fixed in 3.3.1
- cobbler (PyPI): fixed in 3.3.1

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, cobbler, upgrade to a fixed version (3.3.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/releases
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/02/18/3
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1193671
- 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/TEJN7CPW6YCHBFQPFZKGA6AVA6T5NPIW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZCXMOUW4DH4DYWIJN44SMSU6R3CZDZBE/

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