CVE-2018-14649

Summary

CVECVE-2018-14649
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-10-09 17:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 04:51:00 UTC
DescriptionIt was found that ceph-isci-cli package as shipped by Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 and 3 is using python-werkzeug in debug shell mode. This is done by setting debug=True in file /usr/bin/rbd-target-api provided by ceph-isci-cli package. This allows unauthenticated attackers to access this debug shell and escalate privileges. Once an attacker has successfully connected to this debug shell they will be able to execute arbitrary commands remotely. These commands will run with the same privileges as of user executing the application which is using python-werkzeug with debug shell mode enabled. In - Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 and 3, ceph-isci-cli package runs python-werkzeug library with root level permissions.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-77

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Redhat Ceph-iscsi-cli - All All All
Application Redhat Ceph-iscsi-cli - All All All
Application Redhat Ceph Storage 2.0 All All All
Application Redhat Ceph Storage 3.0 All All All
Application Redhat Ceph Storage 2.0 All All All
Application Redhat Ceph Storage 3.0 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
1632078 – (CVE-2018-14649) CVE-2018-14649 ceph-iscsi-cli: rbd-target-api service runs in debug mode allowing for remote command execution CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
CVE-2018-14649 - ceph-iscsi-cli: rbd-target-api service runs in debug mode allowing for remote command execution - Red Hat Customer Portal CONFIRM access.redhat.com Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Redhat Ceph Storage CVE-2018-14649 Remote Command Injection Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
1632078 – (CVE-2018-14649) CVE-2018-14649 ceph-iscsi-cli: rbd-target-api service runs in debug mode allowing for remote command execution MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
rbd-target-api: disable the built-in werkzeug debugger by dillaman · Pull Request #121 · ceph/ceph-iscsi-cli · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
rbd-target-api.py exploited. · Issue #120 · ceph/ceph-iscsi-cli · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
CVE-2018-14649 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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