# CVE-2019-3821: A flaw was found in the way civetweb frontend was handling requests for ceph RGW server with SSL enabled.

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-03-27 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- \[UNKNOWN\] ceph: version range not reported

## Description

A flaw was found in the way civetweb frontend was handling requests for ceph RGW server with SSL enabled. An unauthenticated attacker could create multiple connections to ceph RADOS gateway to exhaust file descriptors for ceph-radosgw service resulting in a remote denial of service.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on \[UNKNOWN\] ceph, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4035-1/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3821
- https://github.com/ceph/civetweb/pull/33

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