CVE-2020-1700

ceph: connection leak in the RGW Beast front-end permits a DoS against the RGW server

Published Feb 7, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 2.4% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3629-1 ceph security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-12556 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4304-1 Ceph vulnerability
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 6:46 AM
Reserved
Nov 27, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 7, 2020, 9:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:02 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jan 31, 2020, 4:55 PM