CVE-2017-16818

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2017-10-10
CWE:
CWE-20
Bugzilla:
1515872: CVE-2017-16818 ceph: Failed assertion through user input in ceph_assert() function in rgw_iam_policy.cc

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

RADOS Gateway in Ceph 12.1.0 through 12.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) by leveraging "full" (not necessarily admin) privileges to 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.

Find out more about CVE-2017-16818 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 5.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 ceph Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ceph-common Not affected
Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 ceph Not affected
Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.3 ceph Not affected
OpenStack 6 Installer for RHEL 7 ceph Not affected

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