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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.5

CVE-2016-5009 json

The handle_command function in mon/Monitor.cc in Ceph allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault an…

published 2016-07-12 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-5968

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.5%
EPSS 2.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • ceph Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 10.2.5-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5009

  • ceph Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 0.80.11-0ubuntu1.14.04.3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5009

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • ceph ceph storage 1.3 1:0.94.5-14.el7cp
  • librbd1 ceph storage 1.3 1:0.94.5-14.el7cp
  • ceph-mon ceph storage 1.3 1:0.94.5-14.el7cp
  • ceph-osd ceph storage 1.3 1:0.94.5-14.el7cp
  • ceph-test ceph storage 1.3 1:0.94.5-14.el7cp
  • librados2 ceph storage 1.3 1:0.94.5-14.el7cp
  • python-rbd ceph storage 1.3 1:0.94.5-14.el7cp
  • ceph-common ceph storage 1.3 1:0.94.5-14.el7cp

red hat advisories RHSA-2016:1384

  • ceph SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2 +2 more 10.2.4+git.1481215985.12b091b-16.2
  • ceph Enterprise Storage 3 10.2.3+git.1475228057.755cf99-7.3

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:0367-1SUSE-SU-2016:2809-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-5009 updated cvss 4.9

crash: mon_command crashes ceph monitors on receiving empty prefix

  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.3 for Ubuntu
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:1385
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage MON 1.3 ceph 0.94.5-14.el7cp, librbd1 0.94.5-14.el7cp, ceph-mon 0.94.5-14.el7cp, ceph-test 0.94.5-14.el7cp, librados2 0.94.5-14.el7cp, python-rbd 0.94.5-14.el7cp, +3 more Red Hat Ceph Storage OSD 1.3 ceph 0.94.5-14.el7cp, librbd1 0.94.5-14.el7cp, ceph-osd 0.94.5-14.el7cp, ceph-test 0.94.5-14.el7cp, librados2 0.94.5-14.el7cp, python-rbd 0.94.5-14.el7cp, +3 more Red Hat Ceph Storage Tools 1.3 ceph 0.94.5-14.el7cp, librbd1 0.94.5-14.el7cp, librados2 0.94.5-14.el7cp, python-rbd 0.94.5-14.el7cp, ceph-common 0.94.5-14.el7cp, ceph-radosgw 0.94.5-14.el7cp, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:1384
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ceph Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 librbd1, librados2, python-rbd, ceph-common, python-rados Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse) ceph Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) ceph Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) ceph
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

2.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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