CVE-2020-12059
ceph: specially crafted XML payload on POST requests leads to DoS by crashing RGW
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7.5
*CVSS v3.1
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*CPE
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Descriptions
An issue was discovered in Ceph through 13.2.9. A POST request with an invalid tagging XML can crash the RGW process by triggering a NULL pointer exception.
Se descubrió un problema en Ceph versiones hasta la versió 13.2.9. Una petición POST con un XML de etiquetado no valido puede bloquear el proceso RGW al desencadenar una excepción del puntero NULL.
A flaw was found in the Ceph Object Gateway S3 API, where it did not properly validate the POST requests. This flaw allows an attacker to perform a denial of service attack using a malicious POST request with specially crafted XML payload, leading to a crash of the RGW process.
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Timeline
- 2020-04-22 CVE Reserved
- 2020-04-22 CVE Published
- 2024-02-25 EPSS Updated
- 2024-08-04 CVE Updated
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CWE
- CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
- CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference
CAPEC
References (7)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00034.html | Mailing List |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1170170 | 2023-10-23 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
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| https://docs.ceph.com/docs/master/releases/mimic | 2023-10-23 | |
| https://tracker.ceph.com/issues/44967 | 2023-10-23 | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4528-1 | 2023-10-23 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12059 | 2021-05-06 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1827262 | 2021-05-06 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Linuxfoundation Search vendor "Linuxfoundation" | Ceph Search vendor "Linuxfoundation" for product "Ceph" | <= 13.2.9 Search vendor "Linuxfoundation" for product "Ceph" and version " <= 13.2.9" | - |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 16.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "16.04" | esm |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 18.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "18.04" | lts |
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