Bug 1157872 (CVE-2014-7813)

Summary: CVE-2014-7813 CFME: rails .to_sym symbol DoS
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Kurt Seifried <kseifried>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact:
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Version: unspecifiedCC: apatters, bdunne, dajohnso, dclarizi, gmccullo, jfrey, jprause, jrafanie, jrusnack, jvlcek, kseifried, obarenbo, security-response-team, xlecauch
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Bug Depends On: 1157874, 1157880    
Bug Blocks: 1157873    

Description Kurt Seifried 2014-10-27 23:49:53 UTC 
Aaron Patterson of Red Hat reports:

There are a number of locations in the code where .to_sym is called on user 
supplied code, resulting in a potential DoS condition as an attacker can 
insert symbols that are never garbage collected.
Comment 2 Kurt Seifried 2014-10-27 23:56:52 UTC 
Acknowledgement:

This issue was discovered by Aaron Patterson of the Red CloudForms Team.
Comment 3 Kurt Seifried 2014-11-06 20:32:32 UTC 
Statement:

This issue affects the versions of cfme as shipped with Red Hat CloudForms 3. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.