CVE-2018-14659
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion')
Publication date:
31/10/2018
Last modified:
13/02/2023
Description
The Gluster file system through versions 4.1.4 and 3.1.2 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack via use of the 'GF_XATTR_IOSTATS_DUMP_KEY' xattr. A remote, authenticated attacker could exploit this by mounting a Gluster volume and repeatedly calling 'setxattr(2)' to trigger a state dump and create an arbitrary number of files in the server's runtime directory.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
6.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Base Score 2.0
4.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
CPE | From | Up to |
---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:gluster_file_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.0.0 (including) | 3.1.2 (including) |
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:gluster_file_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.1.0 (including) | 4.1.4 (including) |
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization_host:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3431
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3432
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3470
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14659
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00003.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00000.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-06