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Status published
Medium
CVE-2016-9579
A flaw was found in the way Ceph Object Gateway...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2954.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2995.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94936
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2994.html
- http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/18187
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2956.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9579
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Vulnerable Versions:
1.3 and 2
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 1st, 2018
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H