CVE-2016-9579

Summary

CVECVE-2016-9579
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-08-01 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-12 23:27:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Application Redhat Ceph Storage 1.3 All All All
Application Redhat Ceph Storage 2.0 All All All
Application Redhat Ceph Storage 1.3 All All All
Application Redhat Ceph Storage 2.0 All All All
Application Redhat Ceph Storage Mon 1.3 All All All
Application Redhat Ceph Storage Mon 2 All All All
Application Redhat Ceph Storage Mon 1.3 All All All
Application Redhat Ceph Storage Mon 2 All All All
Application Redhat Ceph Storage Osd 1.3 All All All
Application Redhat Ceph Storage Osd 2 All All All
Application Redhat Ceph Storage Osd 1.3 All All All
Application Redhat Ceph Storage Osd 2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
1403245 – (CVE-2016-9579) CVE-2016-9579 ceph: Object Gateway server DoS by sending invalid cross-origin HTTP request CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
Bug #18187: rgw:radosgw server abort when accept a CORS request with short origin - rgw - Ceph CONFIRM tracker.ceph.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
1403245 – (CVE-2016-9579) CVE-2016-9579 ceph: Object Gateway server DoS by sending invalid cross-origin HTTP request MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
RedHat Ceph CVE-2016-9579 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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