# CVE-2016-8626: A flaw was found in Red Hat Ceph before 0.94.9-8.

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-07-31 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- Red Hat Ceph: 0.94.9-8

## Description

A flaw was found in Red Hat Ceph before 0.94.9-8. The way Ceph Object Gateway handles POST object requests permits an authenticated attacker to launch a denial of service attack by sending null or specially crafted POST object requests.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Red Hat Ceph, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/17635
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2815.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8626
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94488
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2816.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2847.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2848.html

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