CVE-2016-5009

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Published 2016-07-12 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

6.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.5

Description

The handle_command function in mon/Monitor.cc in Ceph allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and ceph monitor crash) via an (1) empty or (2) crafted prefix.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Red Hat Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
7.0	Affected	—

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`10.2.5-1`
sid	Fixed	`10.2.5-1`
forky	Fixed	`10.2.5-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`10.2.5-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`10.2.5-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
redhat	ceph_storage_mon	`1.3`
redhat	ceph_storage_osd	`1.3`
redhat	ceph	`{"endIncluding":"0.94.6"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.