# CVE-2021-3531: A flaw was found in the Red Hat Ceph Storage RGW in versions before 14.2.21.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-05-18 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a ceph: ceph 14.2.21

## Description

A flaw was found in the Red Hat Ceph Storage RGW in versions before 14.2.21. When processing a GET Request for a swift URL that ends with two slashes it can cause the rgw to crash, resulting in a denial of service. The greatest threat to the system is of availability.

## What to do

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

- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/14/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/17/7
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1955326
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LPCJN2YDZCBMF4FOJXSTAADKFGEQEO7O/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FX5ZHI5L7FOHXOSEV3TYBAL66DMLJ7V5/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZRUNDH2TJRZRWL3DCH2PQ6KROWTPQ7AJ/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00034.html

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