Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This issue can let a logged-in remote user make Red Hat CloudForms 3 Management Engine consume excessive resources, potentially disrupting availability. The public record does not provide severity scoring, affected build ranges, or a confirmed fix in the supplied bundle.
Executive priority
Treat as an availability risk for legacy CloudForms environments. Prioritize confirmation if CFME 3 is still used in operations, but do not assume active exploitation or critical severity from the supplied evidence.
Technical view
CVE-2014-7813 describes a denial-of-service condition in Red Hat CloudForms 3 Management Engine involving Rails .to_sym calls and symbol garbage-collection limitations, allowing authenticated remote users to trigger resource consumption.
Likely exposure
Likely limited to organizations running Red Hat CloudForms 3 Management Engine 3 with authenticated user access. Exact vulnerable versions are not identified in the supplied CVE metadata.
Exploitation context
The supplied bundle shows no CISA KEV listing and no cited evidence of active exploitation. The described attacker must be authenticated remotely, and the documented impact is denial of service.
Researcher notes
The public metadata is sparse: no CVSS, CWE, CPEs, or affected version ranges are provided. Analysis should stay tied to Red Hat CloudForms 3 Management Engine and the Red Hat bug reference until vendor details are confirmed.
Mitigation direction
- Check Red Hat Bugzilla and vendor advisories for affected builds and supported fixes.
- Confirm whether CloudForms 3 Management Engine is still deployed or reachable.
- Restrict CFME access to trusted authenticated users while applicability is confirmed.
- Prioritize vendor-supported upgrade or errata if Red Hat confirms exposure.
Validation and detection
- Inventory CloudForms/CFME deployments and record exact versions.
- Review Red Hat Bugzilla 1157872 for product-specific status and remediation guidance.
- Check access controls for who can authenticate to CFME remotely.
- Review monitoring for unusual CFME resource exhaustion or availability incidents.
Public sources used
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- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157872CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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