ceph mon improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in ceph mon. This affects an unknown function. This manipulation causes improper authentication. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-10861. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in ceph mon (affected version unknown). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A flaw was found in the way ceph mon handles user requests. Any authenticated ceph user having read access to ceph can delete, create ceph storage pools and corrupt snapshot images. Ceph branches master, mimic, luminous and jewel are believed to be affected.

The bug was discovered 07/30/2018. The weakness was shared 07/10/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at tracker.ceph.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-10861 since 05/09/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The successful exploitation needs a single authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 111364 (RHEL 7 : Red Hat Ceph Storage 2.5 (RHSA-2018:2261)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 171464 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for ceph (SUSE-SU-2018:2478-1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (111364) and SecurityFocus (BID 104742†). The entries VDB-121138, VDB-121139, VDB-129742 and VDB-129745 are related to this item. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 111364
Nessus Name: RHEL 7 : Red Hat Ceph Storage 2.5 (RHSA-2018:2261)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: github.com

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05/09/2018 🔍
07/09/2018 +61 days 🔍
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07/11/2018 +1 days 🔍
07/25/2018 +14 days 🔍
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07/30/2018 +3 days 🔍
04/06/2023 +1711 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: RHSA-2018:2261
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-10861 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-10861
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-121129

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SecurityFocus: 104742 - Red Hat Ceph CVE-2018-10861 Security Bypass Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2018 10:54
Updated: 04/06/2023 08:07
Changes: 07/11/2018 10:54 (70), 03/01/2020 17:15 (6), 04/06/2023 08:02 (5), 04/06/2023 08:07 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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