CVE-2014-3712

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-11-03 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

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.

Affected products

Katello: all versions

References

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
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

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