[Secure-testing-team] Bug#886480: cobbler: CVE-2017-1000469

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: cobbler
Version: 2.6.6+dfsg1-13
Severity: normal
Tags: upstream security
Forwarded: https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/issues/1845 	

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for cobbler.

CVE-2017-1000469[0]:
| Cobbler version up to 2.8.2 is vulnerable to a command injection
| vulnerability in the "add repo" component resulting in arbitrary code
| execution as root user.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-1000469
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-1000469
[1] https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/issues/1845

Regards,
Salvatore