Several security issues were fixed in Ceph.
It was discovered that Ceph incorrectly handled the handle_command function. A remote authenticated user could use this issue to cause Ceph to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-5009)
11 October 2017
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Several security issues were fixed in Ceph.
It was discovered that Ceph incorrectly handled the handle_command function. A remote authenticated user could use this issue to cause Ceph to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-5009)
Rahul Aggarwal discovered that Ceph incorrectly handled the authenticated-read ACL. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to list bucket contents via a URL. (CVE-2016-7031)
Diluga Salome discovered that Ceph incorrectly handled certain POST objects with null conditions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cuase Ceph to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-8626)
Yang Liu discovered that Ceph incorrectly handled invalid HTTP Origin headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cuase Ceph to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-9579)
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
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