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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-3531

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.

MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 2.43%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.43%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 3.1
5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS
2.43% probability · 83th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20, CWE-617
Affected
redhat/ceph · redhat/ceph storage · fedoraproject/fedora
Source
secalert@redhat.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.