CVE-2016-5009 Denial of service in n/a
Remote authenticated users can crash the Ceph monitor service by sending empty or crafted command prefixes, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-5009?
CVE-2016-5009 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, published on 12 Jul 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The handle_command function in mon/Monitor.cc in Ceph allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and ceph monitor crash) via an (1) empty or (2) crafted prefix.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5009?
It affects 7 products.
Linux distribution packages (20)
ceph Red Hat:ceph_storage:1.3::el7 | All versions | 1:0.94.5-14.el7cp |
ceph-common Red Hat:ceph_storage:1.3::el7 | All versions | 1:0.94.5-14.el7cp |
ceph-debuginfo Red Hat:ceph_storage:1.3::el7 | All versions | 1:0.94.5-14.el7cp |
ceph-mon Red Hat:ceph_storage:1.3::el7 | All versions | 1:0.94.5-14.el7cp |
ceph-osd Red Hat:ceph_storage:1.3::el7 | All versions | 1:0.94.5-14.el7cp |
ceph-radosgw Red Hat:ceph_storage:1.3::el7 | All versions | 1:0.94.5-14.el7cp |
ceph-selinux Red Hat:ceph_storage:1.3::el7 | All versions | 1:0.94.5-14.el7cp |
ceph-test Red Hat:ceph_storage:1.3::el7 | All versions | 1:0.94.5-14.el7cp |
librados2 Red Hat:ceph_storage:1.3::el7 | All versions | 1:0.94.5-14.el7cp |
librados2-devel Red Hat:ceph_storage:1.3::el7 | All versions | 1:0.94.5-14.el7cp |
librbd1 Red Hat:ceph_storage:1.3::el7 | All versions | 1:0.94.5-14.el7cp |
librbd1-devel Red Hat:ceph_storage:1.3::el7 | All versions | 1:0.94.5-14.el7cp |
python-rados Red Hat:ceph_storage:1.3::el7 | All versions | 1:0.94.5-14.el7cp |
python-rbd Red Hat:ceph_storage:1.3::el7 | All versions | 1:0.94.5-14.el7cp |
ceph SUSE:Enterprise Storage 3 | All versions | 10.2.3+git.1475228057.755cf99-7.3 |
ceph SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 | All versions | 10.2.4+git.1481215985.12b091b-16.2 |
ceph SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 | All versions | 10.2.4+git.1481215985.12b091b-16.2 |
ceph SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 | All versions | 10.2.4+git.1481215985.12b091b-16.2 |
ceph SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 | All versions | 10.2.4+git.1481215985.12b091b-16.2 |
ceph SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 | All versions | 10.2.4+git.1481215985.12b091b-16.2 |
Products include Redhat Ceph, Redhat Ceph Storage Mon, Redhat Ceph Storage Osd, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server and 1 more.
How do I fix CVE-2016-5009?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-5009 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5009 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5009, GHSA-72p6-9489-jc3f, RHSA-2016:1384, SUSE-SU-2016:2809-1, SUSE-SU-2017:0367-1, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5009.