SB2014110305 - Resource management error in Katello
Published: November 3, 2014 Updated: August 10, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014110305
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3712)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
Katello 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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.