CVE-2014-3712

Summary

CVECVE-2014-3712
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-11-03 16:55:00 UTC
Updated2017-09-02 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionKatello allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via the (1) mode parameter in the setup_utils function in content_search_controller.rb or (2) action parameter in the respond function in api/api_controller.rb in app/controllers/katello/, which is passed to the to_sym method.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-399

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Katello Katello - All All All
Application Katello Katello - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-sec: CVE-2014-3712 Katello: user parameters passed to to_sym MLIST seclists.org Exploit
Bug 1155708 – CVE-2014-3712 Katello: user parameters passed to to_sym MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit
Katello CVE-2014-3712 Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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