CVE-2016-5009

medium
Published 2016-07-12 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2
4.0
VIR risk
6.5

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5009

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/16297

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5009.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed10.2.5-1
debian debianbullseyefixed10.2.5-1
debian debianforkyfixed10.2.5-1
debian debiansidfixed10.2.5-1
debian debiantrixiefixed10.2.5-1
redhat rhel7.0affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
redhat redhatceph_storage_mon1.3
redhat redhatceph_storage_osd1.3
redhat redhatceph{"endIncluding":"0.94.6"}

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.