CVE-2013-4120 Denial of service in Katello

What is CVE-2013-4120?

CVE-2013-4120 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Katello, published on 10 Dec 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Katello has a Denial of Service vulnerability in API OAuth authentication

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4120?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Theforeman Katello.

How do I fix CVE-2013-4120?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-4120 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2013-4120 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4120 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Katello

• CVE-2013-0283 Cross-site scripting in Katello Medium 5.4
• CVE-2018-14623 katello SQL Injection vulnerability Medium 4.3
• CVE-2017-2662 katello Improper Privilege Management vulnerability Medium 4.3
• CVE-2019-14825 Katello cleartext password storage issue Medium 4.1

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-j9xv-q659-fr6q.