Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-1129

medium Nessus Plugin ID 221978

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

- A flaw was found in the way signature calculation was handled by cephx authentication protocol. An attacker having access to ceph cluster network who is able to alter the message payload was able to bypass signature checks done by cephx protocol. Ceph branches master, mimic, luminous and jewel are believed to be vulnerable. (CVE-2018-1129)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 221978

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2018_1129.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 8/22/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1129

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:librados2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:librbd1-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-rados, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ceph, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-rados, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:librados2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:librbd1-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:librbd1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-rbd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:librbd1, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ceph-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ceph-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-rbd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:librados2-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:librados2-devel

Required KB Items: Host/OS/identifier, Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/9/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1129

Detections

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