Improper input validation in Ceph - CVE-2017-7519

 

Improper input validation in Ceph - CVE-2017-7519

Published: November 15, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU15917
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7519
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Red Hat Inc.
Affected software:
Ceph

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition.

The vulnerability exists due to a format string error when the libradosstriper library parses user-supplied inpuе. A local attacker can submit malicious input and cause an application or service using the affected library to crash. 


How to mitigate CVE-2017-7519

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources