Assertion failure in Ceph - CVE-2017-16818
Published: May 30, 2018 / Updated: May 31, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13068
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-16818
CWE-ID: CWE-617
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Red Hat Inc.
Affected software:
Ceph
Ceph
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-16818
Install update from vendor's website.