USN-7706-1: Ceph vulnerabilities

Publication date

20 August 2025

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Ceph.


Packages

  • ceph - distributed storage and file system

Details

It was discovered that Ceph incorrectly handled read-only permissions. An
authenticated attacker could use this issue to obtain dm-crypt encryption
keys. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-14662)

Sergey Bobrov discovered that Ceph’s RadosGW (Ceph Object Gateway) allowed
the injection of HTTP headers in responses to CORS requests. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to compromise system integrity. This issue
only
affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-3524)

It was discovered that Ceph incorrectly handled read-only permissions. An
authenticated attacker could use this issue to obtain dm-crypt encryption
keys. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-14662)

Sergey Bobrov discovered that Ceph’s RadosGW (Ceph Object Gateway) allowed
the injection of HTTP headers in responses to CORS requests. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to compromise system integrity. This issue
only
affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-3524)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
16.04 xenial ceph –  10.2.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.3+esm2  
ceph-common –  10.2.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.3+esm2  
radosgw –  10.2.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.3+esm2  
14.04 trusty ceph –  0.80.11-0ubuntu1.14.04.4+esm3  
ceph-common –  0.80.11-0ubuntu1.14.04.4+esm3  
radosgw –  0.80.11-0ubuntu1.14.04.4+esm3  

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