CVE-2018-14649

Critical

Description

It was found that ceph-isci-cli package as shipped by Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 and 3 is using python-werkzeug in debug shell mode. This is done by setting debug=True in file /usr/bin/rbd-target-api provided by ceph-isci-cli package. This allows unauthenticated attackers to access this debug shell and escalate privileges. Once an attacker has successfully connected to this debug shell they will be able to execute arbitrary commands remotely. These commands will run with the same privileges as of user executing the application which is using python-werkzeug with debug shell mode enabled. In - Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 and 3, ceph-isci-cli package runs python-werkzeug library with root level permissions.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability—
ProductRedhat Ceph Storage
PublishedOct 9, 2018
First seenOct 9, 2018

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
redhat ceph_storage2.0, 3.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop7.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_server7.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation7.0—
redhat ceph-iscsi-cliNo range specified—

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