CVE-2014-3225 Cobbler Path Traversal vulnerability

What is CVE-2014-3225?

CVE-2014-3225 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 May 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the web interface in Cobbler 2.4.x through 2.6.x allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via the Kickstart field in a profile.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3225?

5 open source packages ship an affected version, including cobbler. It affects 1 product.

Products include Cobblerd Cobbler.

How do I fix CVE-2014-3225?

Upgrade cobbler to a fixed version for your release line: 2.4.7 or 2.6.4.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2014-3225 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3225 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2018-1000226 Cobbler Improper Validation of Security Tokens Critical 9.8
• CVE-2011-4952 Cobbler Web Interface Lacks CSRF Protection High 8.8
• CVE-2011-4954 Privilege escalation in cobbler High 7.8
• CVE-2018-1000225 Cobbler XSS Vulnerability Medium 6.1

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-xc7w-jvhx-p6q9, PYSEC-2026-797, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3225.