Resource exhaustion in The Gluster Project Glusterfs
CVE-2018-14659
The 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.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
EPSS: 0.022 (80.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- The Gluster Project Glusterfs — versions through 3.1.2 and 4.1.4
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux — versions 7.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server — versions 6.0, 7.0
- Redhat Gluster_file_system
- Redhat Virtualization — versions 4.0
- Redhat Virtualization_host — versions 4.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-14659?
- CVE-2018-14659 is a medium-severity vulnerability in The Gluster Project Glusterfs, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-10-31.
- How severe is CVE-2018-14659?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.