It was found Ceph versions before 13.2.4 that authenticated ceph users with read only permissions could steal dm-crypt…
Summary
Vulnerability reported (CVE-2018-14662). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
It was found Ceph versions before 13.2.4 that authenticated ceph users with read only permissions could steal dm-crypt encryption keys used in ceph disk encryption.
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2018-14662 has been found.
Confidential information can be exposed externally.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "CVE-2018-14662" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2018-14662
Attack vector: adjacent-network / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (unclassified) has been reported.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions.
Severity: ?. Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで影響コンポーネントを特定する。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2018-14662 ceph Fixed in: 12.2.11+dfsg1-1
References
- advisory lists.opensuse.org
- advisory access.redhat.com
- advisory access.redhat.com
- advisory ceph.com
- advisory lists.debian.org
- advisory lists.debian.org
- advisory usn.ubuntu.com
- patch bugzilla.redhat.com