Denial of Service Vulnerability in Red Hat Ceph Object Gateway
CVE-2016-8626

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Red Hat
Status
Ceph
Vendor
CVE Published:
31 July 2018

Summary

A vulnerability exists in Red Hat Ceph prior to version 0.94.9-8, where the Ceph Object Gateway processes POST object requests in an insecure manner. This flaw allows authenticated attackers to send null or specially crafted POST requests, potentially resulting in a denial of service. It is crucial for organizations using this software to be aware of this vulnerability and apply the necessary patches to mitigate risk.

Affected Version(s)

Ceph 0.94.9-8

References

http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/17635
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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2815.html
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8626
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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