CVE-2020-1700 — MEDIUM (6.5)

Vulnerability Description

A flaw was found in the way the Ceph RGW Beast front-end handles unexpected disconnects. An authenticated attacker can abuse this flaw by making multiple disconnect attempts resulting in a permanent leak of a socket connection by radosgw. This flaw could lead to a denial of service condition by pile up of CLOSE_WAIT sockets, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources, preventing legitimate users from connecting to the system.

CVSS Score

6.5

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality

NONE

Integrity

NONE

Availability

HIGH

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ceph	Ceph	-
Redhat	Openshift Container Storage	4.2
Opensuse	Leap	15.1
Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	18.04

Related Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-400

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00009.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1700Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00034.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4304-1/Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00009.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1700Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00034.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4304-1/Third Party Advisory

FAQ

What is CVE-2020-1700?

CVE-2020-1700 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5 (MEDIUM). A flaw was found in the way the Ceph RGW Beast front-end handles unexpected disconnects. An authenticated attacker can abuse this flaw by making multiple disconnect attempts resulting in a permanent l...

How severe is CVE-2020-1700?

CVE-2020-1700 has been rated MEDIUM with a CVSS base score of 6.5/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Is there a patch for CVE-2020-1700?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Ceph Ceph, Redhat Openshift Container Storage, Opensuse Leap, Canonical Ubuntu Linux.