A flaw was found in the way the ListBucket function max-keys has no defined limit in the RGW codebase. An authenticated ceph RGW user can cause a denial of service attack against OMAPs holding bucked indices.
Find out more about CVE-2018-16846 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 6.5 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/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 Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | High |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | ceph-common | Under investigation |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 3 | ceph | Affected |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 | ceph | Affected |
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