Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package ceph  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1904-CEPH-665643
  • published12 Jul 2016
  • disclosed12 Jul 2016

Introduced: 12 Jul 2016

CVE-2016-5009  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:19.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ceph package and not the ceph package as distributed by Ubuntu.

The handle_command function in mon/Monitor.cc in Ceph allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and ceph monitor crash) via an (1) empty or (2) crafted prefix.