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CVE-2018-14660

Published: Nov 1, 2018Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-400
NVD MITRE
6.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
2.5%
Top 17.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-400CWE-770

Affected Products

glusterfs[UNKNOWN]
glusterfsgluster
On-prem
Hardware Firmware / storage-nas
virtualization hostredhat
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
enterprise linux serverredhat
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
virtualizationredhatOperating Systems
glusteross-projectHardware Firmwareaka glusterfs
redhatcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3431
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14660
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3432
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Timeline

Published
Nov 1, 2018
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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