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Bug #8263

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CVE-2014-3712 Katello: user parameters passed to to_sym

Added by Eric Helms about 10 years ago. Updated over 6 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Priority:
Low
Assignee:
-
Category:
-
Target version:
Katello 2.1
Difficulty:
Triaged:
Yes
Bugzilla link:
1155708
Pull request:
https://github.com/Katello/katello/pull/4802
Fixed in Releases:
Found in Releases:
Red Hat JIRA:

Description

Cloned from https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1155708
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:

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

This type of attack is documented here - http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora_Security_Team/1/html/Secure_Ruby_Development_Guide/RubySymbols.html

This has been confirmed in testing by Eric Helms of Red Hat.

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 #1

Updated by The Foreman Bot about 10 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Ready For Testing
  • Target version set to 59
  • Pull request https://github.com/Katello/katello/pull/4802 added
  • Pull request deleted ()
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 #2

Updated by Eric Helms about 10 years ago

  • Target version changed from 59 to 61
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 #3

Updated by Eric Helms about 10 years ago

  • Translation missing: en.field_release set to 14
  • Triaged changed from No to Yes
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 #4

Updated by Eric Helms about 10 years ago

  • Status changed from Ready For Testing to Closed
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100
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