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.
Published: 2018-10-31
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: 2.1% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1565-1 glusterfs security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2806-1 glusterfs security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-6554 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4770-1 GlusterFS vulnerabilities
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Debian Debian Linux
Redhat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Server Gluster File System Storage Virtualization Virtualization Host
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T09:38:13.101Z

Reserved: 2018-07-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-14659

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-10-31T19:29:00.627

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:49:31.857

Link: CVE-2018-14659

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-10-31T08:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-14659 - Bugzilla

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