SB2021060109 - Improper authentication in Ceph
Published: June 1, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021060109
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Improper Authentication (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-20288)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication process.
The vulnerability exists due to an error in authentication flow related to CEPHX_GET_AUTH_SESSION_KEY requests. The application does not check other_keys and allows key reuse. A remote attacker who can request a global_id can exploit the ability of any user to request a global_id previously associated with another user, as ceph does not force the reuse of old keys to generate new ones.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1938031
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/362CEPPYF3YMJZBEJQUT3KDE2EHYYIYQ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5BPIAYTRCWAU4XWCDBK2THEFVXSC4XGK/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JVWUKUUS5BCIFWRV3JCUQMAPJ4HIWSED/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-39