CVE-2016-5009 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the handle_command function of Ceph, affecting various Red Hat Ceph and Enterprise Linux products. An authenticated remote attacker can trigger a segmentation fault and crash the Ceph monitor by providing an empty or malformed command prefix. With a CVSS v3 score of 6.5 (Medium), this vulnerability has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ceph_storage_mon:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ceph_storage_osd:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_scientific_computing:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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