CVE-2014-0091
Description
Foreman has improper input validation which could lead to partial Denial of Service
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Improper input validation in Foreman could allow a remote attacker to cause a partial denial of service via crafted input.
Vulnerability
Foreman versions prior to the fix (upstream issue #3697) contain improper input validation in some components, which could lead to partial denial of service. The vulnerability was reported by Jeremy Choi and Keqin Hong of the Red Hat HSS Pen-Test Team [2].
Exploitation
An attacker may exploit this by sending crafted input to Foreman, potentially causing a partial Denial of Service. No authentication is mentioned, so it may be remotely exploitable without authentication [2].
Impact
Successful exploitation could result in partial denial of service, affecting availability of the Foreman service. The CIA impact is limited to availability [2].
Mitigation
The issue was addressed upstream in Foreman issue #3697 [2]. Users should update to a patched version. Red Hat advisory [1] provides guidance for affected Red Hat products.
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Affected products
2- Range: through 2014-03-05
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
3- access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-0091mitrex_refsource_MISC
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgimitrex_refsource_MISC
- security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0091mitrex_refsource_MISC
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