Resource exhaustion in Gluster Glusterfs
CVE-2018-10924
It was discovered that fsync(2) system call in glusterfs client code leaks memory. An authenticated attacker could use this flaw to launch a denial of service attack by making gluster clients consume memory of the host machine.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.019 (79.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 79.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: +0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- review.gluster.org/ (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-06 (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00035.html (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-10924?
- CVE-2018-10924 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gluster Glusterfs, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-09-04.
- How severe is CVE-2018-10924?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.