CVE-2020-12059 is a high-severity denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Ceph versions through 13.2.9, including Canonical and Linux Foundation distributions. An unauthenticated attacker can crash the RGW process by sending a specially crafted POST request containing invalid tagging XML, leading to a NULL pointer exception. While the CVSS score is 7.5 (High) due to its network attack vector and high availability impact, there is no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 13.2.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:ceph:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* | ||
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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