Use of Externally-Controlled Format String Affecting ceph package, versions <12.2.8+dfsg1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-CEPH-315720
  • published27 Jun 2018
  • disclosed27 Jul 2018

Introduced: 27 Jun 2018

CVE-2017-7519  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-134  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable ceph to version 12.2.8+dfsg1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ceph package and not the ceph package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

In Ceph, a format string flaw was found in the way libradosstriper parses input from user. A user could crash an application or service using the libradosstriper library.