NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting librados2 package, versions <2:12.2.1-46.el7cp


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.57% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-LIBRADOS2-4433176
  • published1 Nov 2021
  • disclosed13 Feb 2018

Introduced: 13 Feb 2018

CVE-2018-7262  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 librados2 to version 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:0546.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream librados2 package and not the librados2 package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Ceph before 12.2.3 and 13.x through 13.0.1, the rgw_civetweb.cc RGWCivetWeb::init_env function in radosgw doesn't handle malformed HTTP headers properly, allowing for denial of service.