CVE-2020-25660
HIGHDescription
A flaw was found in the Cephx authentication protocol in versions before 15.2.6 and before 14.2.14, where it does not verify Ceph clients correctly and is then vulnerable to replay attacks in Nautilus. This flaw allows an attacker with access to the Ceph cluster network to authenticate with the Ceph service via a packet sniffer and perform actions allowed by the Ceph service. This issue is a reintroduction of CVE-2018-1128, affecting the msgr2 protocol. The msgr 2 protocol is used for all communication except older clients that do not support the msgr2 protocol. The msgr1 protocol is not affected. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, and system availability.
How to fix
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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 60% of all known CVEs.
References
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| CVE-2023-23397 | Critical | 9.8 | 97% | KEV | Fix |
| CVE-2017-3191 | Critical | 9.8 | 63% | - | - |
| CVE-2023-49231 | Critical | 9.8 | 43% | - | - |
| CVE-2002-0054 | High | 7.5 | 22% | - | - |
| CVE-2022-29593 | Medium | 5.9 | 13% | - | - |
| CVE-2022-22806 | Critical | 9.8 | 12% | - | - |
Common questions
How do I fix CVE-2020-25660?
Published advisories record a fix for 4 affected products. The "How to fix" section on this page lists the fixed version and source advisory for each one, so apply the entry matching what you actually run.
Is CVE-2020-25660 being actively exploited?
Not that we know of. CVE-2020-25660 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.0% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 60% of all scored CVEs.
How severe is CVE-2020-25660?
CVE-2020-25660 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.
What does CVE-2020-25660 affect?
Published advisories record a fix for ceph (Debian), ceph (Ubuntu), ceph-base (Ubuntu), ceph-common (Ubuntu). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.
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