CVE-2018-14660

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-14660
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-11-01 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 04:51:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-400

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Gluster Glusterfs All All All All
Application Gluster Glusterfs All 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
Application Redhat Gluster Storage 3.0 All All All
Application Redhat Gluster Storage 3.0 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
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
1635926 – (CVE-2018-14660) CVE-2018-14660 glusterfs: Repeat use of "GF_META_LOCK_KEY" xattr allows for memory exhaustion MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
CVE-2018-14660 - 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
1635926 – (CVE-2018-14660) CVE-2018-14660 glusterfs: Repeat use of "GF_META_LOCK_KEY" xattr allows for memory exhaustion 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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