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.
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0089
EPSS Percentile
75.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-772
Status
published
Products (4)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux
19.04
ceph/civetweb
< 1.11
Published
Mar 27, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026