Resource management error in Katello - CVE-2014-3712
Published: November 3, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41181
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3712
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Katello Project
Affected software:
Katello
Katello
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-3712
Install update from vendor's website.