CVE-2018-1088

Summary

CVECVE-2018-1088
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-04-18 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 04:53:00 UTC
DescriptionA privilege escalation flaw was found in gluster 3.x snapshot scheduler. Any gluster client allowed to mount gluster volumes could also mount shared gluster storage volume and escalate privileges by scheduling malicious cronjob via symlink.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-266

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Application Redhat Gluster Storage All All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization 4.0 All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization 4.0 All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization Host 4.0 All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization Host 4.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1558721 – (CVE-2018-1088) CVE-2018-1088 glusterfs: Privilege escalation via gluster_shared_storage when snapshot scheduling is enabled CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0079-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
CVE-2018-1088 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
CVE-2018-1088 glusterfs: Privilege escalation via gluster_shared_storage when snapshot scheduling is enabled - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
GlusterFS: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201904-06) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2806-1] glusterfs security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 178862 Debian Security Update for glusterfs (DLA 2806-1)
  • 710178 Gentoo Linux GlusterFS Multiple Vulnerabilities Vulnerability (GLSA 201904-06)
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