Bug 1157872 (CVE-2014-7813) - CVE-2014-7813 CFME: rails .to_sym symbol DoS
Summary: CVE-2014-7813 CFME: rails .to_sym symbol DoS
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2014-7813
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1157874 1157880
Blocks: 1157873
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2014-10-27 23:49 UTC by Kurt Seifried
Modified: 2023-05-12 16:20 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2014-11-06 20:33:30 UTC
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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/.
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