Foreman: hosts_controller.rb power/ipmi_boot Symbol creation DoS
Published Sep 16, 2013
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.41%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- ≤ 1.2.1
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.0
No data.
OpenStack 3 for RHEL 6
ruby193-foreman-0:1.1.10014-1.2.el6ost
Fixed · RHSA-2013:1196
Red Hat Satellite 6.0
foreman-0:1.6.0.44-1.el6sat
Fixed · RHEA-2014:1175
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4
ruby193-foreman
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenStack 3 for RHEL 6 | ruby193-foreman-0:1.1.10014-1.2.el6ost | Fixed | RHSA-2013:1196 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6.0 | foreman-0:1.6.0.44-1.el6sat | Fixed | RHEA-2014:1175 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4 | ruby193-foreman | Affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2.41% (0.02413) | 83.54th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.41% (0.02413) | 81.92th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.53% (0.00535) | 65.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.94% (0.00943) | 83.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 19, 2024 | 0.94% (0.00943) | 82.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.94% (0.00943) | 80.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 59.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 58.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 70.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 18, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 58.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 56.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 34.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (7)
- http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/2860 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1196.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://theforeman.org/manuals/1.2/index.html#Releasenotesfor1.2.2 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4180 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=989755 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4180
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4180
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/2860 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1196.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://theforeman.org/manuals/1.2/index.html#Releasenotesfor1.2.2 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4180 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=989755 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4180 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4180 |
Change history (0)
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