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.
CVE Status: Modified
Attribute | Value |
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Attack Complexity | LOW |
Attack Vector | NETWORK |
Availability Impact | HIGH |
Base Score | 6.5 |
Base Severity | MEDIUM |
Confidentiality Impact | NONE |
Integrity Impact | NONE |
Privileges Required | LOW |
Scope | UNCHANGED |
User Interaction | NONE |
Vector String | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Exploitability Score | 2.8 |
Impact Score | 3.6 |
Source | [email protected] |
Type | Secondary |