Can this be taken into consideration in next release?



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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] 
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Christopher Liebman
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2014 12:00 AM
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Subject: Re: [cobbler] Cobbler WebUI file inclusion in profile page

Ahh - interesting viewpoint.

On May 7, 2014, at 12:30 PM, Dolev Farhi <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi
> 
> This sounds a little weird to me, a user mis configuration leads to crucial 
> system files exposure? Doesnt it sound reasonable to have some sort of a file 
> restriction or path restriction to include files from (especially if these 
> are just kickstart files)
> Considering sometimes cobbler deployments are not done by sysadmins or other 
> IT personnel it is worrying us that pretty much any file is exposed via 
> cobbler webUI.
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> [[email protected]] on behalf of Christopher Liebman 
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> Subject: Re: [cobbler] Cobbler WebUI file inclusion in profile page
> 
> Hmm,  I'm not sure that I would classify a user mis-configuration as a 
> software security issue.
> 
>    -- Chris
> 
> On May 7, 2014, at 4:28 AM, Dolev Farhi 
> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
> hello,
> 
> I would like to know whether this issue has been addressed before:
> 
> I have created a regular cobbler profile, nothing fancy.
> 
> The only thing I did different is changing the ‘Kickstart’ value to the 
> famous /etc/passwd file.
> 
> After saving the profile, I went to ‘View Kickstart’ and managed to get all 
> the passwd content.
> 
> This issue allows any remote attacker to get the local users list and I am 
> quite sure this can be classified as a security vulnerability.
> 
> Please let me know as we have multiple cobbler instances here.
> 
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