CVE-2019-3821

Description

A flaw was found in the way civetweb frontend was handling requests for ceph RGW server with SSL enabled. An unauthenticated attacker could create multiple connections to ceph RADOS gateway to exhaust file descriptors for ceph-radosgw service resulting in a remote denial of service.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.80% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com
Affected: [UNKNOWN] ceph
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4035-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3821 issue tracking third party advisory
https://github.com/ceph/civetweb/pull/33 issue tracking third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-3821?
CVE-2019-3821 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-3821?
To fix CVE-2019-3821, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-3821 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2019-3821 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2019-3821?
CVE-2019-3821 affects [UNKNOWN] ceph.
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