High severity · published Jul 10, 2018
CVE-2018-1128
It was found that cephx authentication protocol did not verify ceph clients correctly and was vulnerable to replay attack
7.5
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
It was found that cephx authentication protocol did not verify ceph clients correctly and was vulnerable to replay attack. Any attacker having access to ceph cluster network who is able to sniff packets on network can use this vulnerability to authenticate with ceph service and perform actions allowed by ceph service. Ceph branches master, mimic, luminous and jewel are believed to be vulnerable.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 72% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CE
Ceph · Redhat
10.2.0 through 13.2.1 · source: NVD
CS
Ceph Storage · Redhat
3 · source: NVD
CS
Ceph Storage Mon · Redhat
2; 3 · source: NVD
CS
Ceph Storage Osd · Redhat
2; 3 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
15.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1128
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1128
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00100.html
Issue Tracking
http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/24836
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/17/3
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/17/4
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2177
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2179
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