SB2018053103 - OpenSUSE Linux update for ceph
Published: May 31, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018053103
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
2
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
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.
2) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7262)
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to perform HTTP response splitting attack.The weakness exists in the rgw_civetweb.cc RGWCivetWeb::init_envfunction due to improper handling of HTTP headers. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP header and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.