CVE-2021-3979

Summary

CVECVE-2021-3979
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-08-25 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-10-23 19:15:00 UTC
DescriptionA key length flaw was found in Red Hat Ceph Storage. An attacker can exploit the fact that the key length is incorrectly passed in an encryption algorithm to create a non random key, which is weaker and can be exploited for loss of confidentiality and integrity on encrypted disks.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-287

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 35 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 37 All All All
Application Redhat Ceph Storage 3.0 All All All
Application Redhat Ceph Storage 4.0 All All All
Application Redhat Ceph Storage 4.3 All All All
Application Redhat Ceph Storage 5.0 All All All
Application Redhat Ceph Storage 5.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Ceph Storage For Ibm Z Systems 4.0 All All All
Application Redhat Ceph Storage For Power 4.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openshift Container Storage 4.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openshift Data Foundation 4.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack Platform 13.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: ceph-17.2.5-1.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MISC lists.fedoraproject.org
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
2024788 – (CVE-2021-3979) CVE-2021-3979 ceph: Ceph volume does not honour osd_dmcrypt_key_size MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 3629-1] ceph security update MISC lists.debian.org
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
Bug #54006: Ceph volume does not honour osd_dmcrypt_key_size - ceph-volume - Ceph MISC tracker.ceph.com
ceph-volume: honour osd_dmcrypt_key_size option · ceph/ceph@47c3317 · GitHub MISC github.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: ceph-17.2.5-1.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
ceph-volume: honour osd_dmcrypt_key_size option by guits · Pull Request #44765 · ceph/ceph · GitHub MISC github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 183039 Debian Security Update for ceph (CVE-2021-3979)
  • 199326 Ubuntu Security Notification for Ceph Vulnerabilities (USN-6063-1)
  • 240201 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2022:1199)
  • 240265 Red Hat Update for red hat ceph storage 4.3 (RHSA-2022:1716)
  • 283461 Fedora Security Update for ceph (FEDORA-2022-d832fd2f45)
  • 6000278 Debian Security Update for ceph (DLA 3629-1)
  • 672611 EulerOS Security Update for ceph (EulerOS-SA-2023-1308)
  • 752467 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for ceph (SUSE-SU-2022:2818-1)
  • 753030 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for ceph (SUSE-SU-2022:4501-1)
© CVE.report 2026 |

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report