Description
A flaw was found in glusterfs server through versions 4.1.4 and 3.1.2 which allowed repeated usage of GF_META_LOCK_KEY xattr. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to create multiple locks for single inode by using setxattr repetitively resulting in memory exhaustion of glusterfs server node.
Published: 2018-11-01
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: 1.6% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2806-1 glusterfs security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-6555 A flaw was found in glusterfs server through versions 4.1.4 and 3.1.2 which allowed repeated usage of GF_META_LOCK_KEY xattr. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to create multiple locks for single inode by using setxattr repetitively resulting in memory exhaustion of glusterfs server node.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4770-1 GlusterFS vulnerabilities
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Debian Debian Linux
Gluster Glusterfs
Redhat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Server Storage Virtualization Virtualization Host
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T09:38:12.616Z

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

Link: CVE-2018-14660

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-11-01T14:29:00.313

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:49:32.010

Link: CVE-2018-14660

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

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

Links: CVE-2018-14660 - Bugzilla

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