Bug 1351453 – CVE-2016-5009 Ceph monitor crash: mon_command crashes ceph monitors on receiving empty prefix

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Bug 1351453 - (CVE-2016-5009) CVE-2016-5009 Ceph monitor crash: mon_command crashes ceph monitors on receiving empty prefix

Summary:	CVE-2016-5009 Ceph monitor crash: mon_command crashes ceph monitors on receiv...

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	CVE-2016-5009

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Red Hat Product Security
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Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	1351264 1351457
Blocks:	1351460
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Reported:	2016-06-30 02:30 EDT by Siddharth Sharma
Modified:	2017-02-20 13:19 EST (History)
CC List:	6 users (show)

See Also:	1351264
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the way handle_command() function would validate prefix value from user. An authenticated attacker could send a specially crafted prefix value resulting in ceph monitor crash.
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Last Closed:	2016-07-05 18:44:15 EDT
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2016:1384	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: ceph security update	2016-07-05 21:19:38 EDT
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2016:1385	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: ceph security update	2016-07-05 21:35:39 EDT

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Description Siddharth Sharma 2016-06-30 02:30:08 EDT

Ceph monitors crash when an empty or malformed prefix is sent to mon_command by rados.py. Authenticated attacker can crash ceph monitors by sending specially crafted input to mon_command via rados.py.

Comment 1 Siddharth Sharma 2016-06-30 02:30:20 EDT

Acknowledgments:

Name: the Ceph project
Upstream: Xiaoxi Chen

Comment 2 Siddharth Sharma 2016-06-30 02:42:34 EDT

upstream fixes:

https://github.com/ceph/ceph/pull/9700
https://github.com/ceph/ceph/commit/957ece7e95d8f8746191fd9629622d4457d690d6

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2016-07-05 16:27:45 EDT

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.3 for RHEL 7

Via RHSA-2016:1384 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1384

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2016-07-05 17:02:49 EDT

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.3 for Ubuntu 14.04

Via RHSA-2016:1385 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1385

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