Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU15917

Improper input validation in Ceph - CVE-2017-7519

Published: November 15, 2018

Vulnerability identifier: #VU15917

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 4.8 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7519

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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.

Affected software

Ceph
Debian Linux

How to mitigate CVE-2017-7519

Install update from vendor's website.

External References

http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/20240

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