SB2017120906 - Fedora 27 update for ceph
Published: December 9, 2017 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017120906
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Assertion failure (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-16818)
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to assertion failure and application exit. A remote attacker can leverage "full" privileges, post an invalid profile to the admin API, related to rgw/rgw_iam_policy.cc, rgw/rgw_basic_types.h, and rgw/rgw_iam_types.h and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.