Description
The (1) power and (2) ipmi_boot actions in the HostController in Foreman before 1.2.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via unspecified input that is converted to a symbol.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6 | foreman-proxy | 1.6.0.30-1.el6sat | RHEA-2014:1175 |
| Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6 | mongodb +2 | 2.4.6-2.el6sat | RHEA-2014:1175 |
| Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6 | python-anyjson | 0.3.3-4.el6sat | RHEA-2014:1175 |
| Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6 | python-httplib2 | 0.6.0-6.el7sat | RHEA-2014:1175 |
| Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6 | python-simplejson | 3.2.0-1.el7sat | RHEA-2014:1175 |
| Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6 | rubygem-kafo | 0.6.4-2.el6sat | RHEA-2014:1175 |
| Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6 | rubygem-kafo_parsers | 0.0.3-2.el6sat | RHEA-2014:1175 |
| Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6 | v8 | 1:3.14.5.10-9.el6sat | RHEA-2014:1175 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | foreman +6 | 1.6.0.44-1.el6sat | RHEA-2014:1175 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | foreman-proxy | 1.6.0.30-1.el6sat | RHEA-2014:1175 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | katello | 1.5.0-30.el6sat | RHEA-2014:1175 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | mongodb +2 | 2.4.6-2.el6sat | RHEA-2014:1175 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | python-anyjson | 0.3.3-4.el6sat | RHEA-2014:1175 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | python-httplib2 | 0.6.0-6.el7sat | RHEA-2014:1175 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | python-simplejson | 3.2.0-1.el7sat | RHEA-2014:1175 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | rubygem-hammer_cli_foreman | 0.1.1-16.el6sat | RHEA-2014:1175 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | rubygem-hammer_cli_foreman_tasks | 0.0.3-3.el6sat | RHEA-2014:1175 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | rubygem-kafo | 0.6.4-2.el6sat | RHEA-2014:1175 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | rubygem-kafo_parsers | 0.0.3-2.el6sat | RHEA-2014:1175 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | v8 | 1:3.14.5.10-9.el6sat | RHEA-2014:1175 |
| Red Hat OpenStack 3 | ruby193-foreman +1 | 1.1.10014-1.2.el6ost | RHSA-2013:1196 |
Advisories 2
- RHEA-2014:1175 Red Hat Enhancement Advisory: Release of Satellite 6.0 Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Oct 7, 2026
- RHSA-2013:1196 Red Hat Security Advisory: Foreman security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 28, 2026