CVE-2014-3712
First published: Wed Oct 22 2014(Updated: )
Jan Rusnacko of Red Hat reports: Katello code exposes potential to_sym Denial of Service attack vector from user input parameters. The two places identified are: <a href="https://github.com/Katello/katello/blob/9231e24f93fa804e557fc95637cfa2c5bb92f6a7/app/controllers/katello/content_search_controller.rb#L617">https://github.com/Katello/katello/blob/9231e24f93fa804e557fc95637cfa2c5bb92f6a7/app/controllers/katello/content_search_controller.rb#L617</a> <a href="https://github.com/Katello/katello/blob/9231e24f93fa804e557fc95637cfa2c5bb92f6a7/app/controllers/katello/api/api_controller.rb#L87">https://github.com/Katello/katello/blob/9231e24f93fa804e557fc95637cfa2c5bb92f6a7/app/controllers/katello/api/api_controller.rb#L87</a> This type of attack is documented here - <a href="http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora_Security_Team/1/html/Secure_Ruby_Development_Guide/RubySymbols.html">http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora_Security_Team/1/html/Secure_Ruby_Development_Guide/RubySymbols.html</a> This has been confirmed in testing by Eric Helms of Red Hat.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Katello Katello |
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Reference Links
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/419
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70707
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1155708
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97724
- https://github.com/Katello/katello/blob/9231e24f93fa804e557fc95637cfa2c5bb92f6a7/app/controllers/katello/content_search_controller.rb#L617
- https://github.com/Katello/katello/blob/9231e24f93fa804e557fc95637cfa2c5bb92f6a7/app/controllers/katello/api/api_controller.rb#L87
- http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora_Security_Team/1/html/Secure_Ruby_Development_Guide/RubySymbols.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1153824
- http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/8263
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