CVE-2018-14659

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-14659
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-10-31 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 04:51:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-400

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 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
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 Virtualization 4.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Virtualization 4.0 All All All
Application Redhat Gluster File System All All All All
Application Redhat Gluster File System All All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization 4.0 All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization Host 4.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
1635929 – (CVE-2018-14659) CVE-2018-14659 glusterfs: Unlimited file creation via "GF_XATTR_IOSTATS_DUMP_KEY" xattr allows for denial of service MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1565-1] glusterfs security update MLIST lists.debian.org Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
GlusterFS: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201904-06) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
CVE-2018-14659 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 2806-1] glusterfs security update MLIST lists.debian.org
1635929 – (CVE-2018-14659) CVE-2018-14659 glusterfs: Unlimited file creation via "GF_XATTR_IOSTATS_DUMP_KEY" xattr allows for denial of service CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, 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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