CVE-2019-3821
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 27, 2019 at 12:22 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:35 AM UTC
3 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxCivetwebCeph
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
A flaw was found in the way civetweb frontend was handling requests for ceph RGW server with SSL enabled. An unauthenticated attacker could create multiple connections to ceph RADOS gateway to exhaust file descriptors for ceph-radosgw service resulting in a remote denial of service.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%v < 1.11
Affected range stops below 1.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3821x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/ceph/civetweb/pull/33Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4035-1/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-772
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