Ceph Auth Reply Validation Vulnerability

CVE-2014-6418 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

net/ceph/auth_x.c in Ceph, as used in the Linux kernel before 3.16.3, does not properly validate auth replies, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted data from the IP address of a Ceph Monitor.

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