CVE-2016-9579
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CVE-2016-9579 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.5/10 on the CVSS scale. A flaw was found in the way Ceph Object Gateway would process cross-origin HTTP requests if the CORS policy was set to allow origin on a bucket. A remote unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to cause denial of service by sending a specially-crafted cross-origin HTTP request. EPSS estimates a 4.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
A flaw was found in the way Ceph Object Gateway would process cross-origin HTTP requests if the CORS policy was set to allow origin on a bucket. A remote unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to cause denial of service by sending a specially-crafted cross-origin HTTP request. Ceph branches 1.3.x and 2.x are affected.
Metrics
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Redhat | Ceph Storage | 1.3 |
| Redhat | Ceph Storage Mon | 1.3 |
| Redhat | Ceph Storage Mon | 2 |
| Redhat | Ceph Storage Osd | 1.3 |
| Redhat | Ceph Storage Osd | 2 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Desktop | 7.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server | 7.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Workstation | 7.0 |
| Redhat | Ceph Storage | 2.0 |
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2954.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2956.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2994.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2995.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/18187Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94936Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9579Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2954.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2956.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2994.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2995.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/18187Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94936Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9579Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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