Path traversal in Red Hat Ceph Storage 6.1

1) Path traversal

EUVDB-ID: #VU85583

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-49569

CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences. A remote attacker can overwrite arbitrary files on the system. Applications are only affected if they are using the ChrootOS, which is the default when using "Plain" versions of Open and Clone funcs (e.g. PlainClone).

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian: 9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems: 9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64: 8.0 - 9

ceph (Red Hat package): before 17.2.6-216.el9cp

External links

http://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2631

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.