A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Ceph Storage 4 and Red Hat Openshift Container Storage 4.2 where, A nonce reuse vulnerability was discovered in the secure mode of the messenger v2 protocol, which can allow an attacker to forge auth tags and potentially manipulate the data by leveraging the reuse of a nonce in a session. Messages encrypted using a reused nonce value are susceptible to serious confidentiality and integrity attacks.
This vulnerability carries a MEDIUM severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.4, indicating it requires adjacent network access but requires specific conditions to be met though user interaction is required and does not require pre-existing privileges . The vulnerability impacts confidentiality (data exposure), integrity (unauthorized modifications), for affected systems. Impacting 5 products from redhat, from redhat, from redhat and 2 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Reported in 2020, this vulnerability emerged during an era marked by increased sophistication in supply chain attacks, cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security challenges. Security practices during this period emphasized zero-trust architectures, container security, and API protection.
2020-04-13T13:15:13.480
2024-11-21T05:11:19.593
Modified
CVSSv3.1: 6.4 (MEDIUM)
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
8.6
4.9
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | redhat | ceph_storage | 4.0 | Yes |
| Application | redhat | openshift | 4.2 | Yes |
| Application | redhat | openstack | 15 | Yes |
| Application | linuxfoundation | ceph | < 14.2.21 | Yes |
| Operating System | fedoraproject | fedora | 31 | Yes |
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