CVE-2018-14654

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-14654  

A flaw was found in the way glusterfs server handles client requests. A remote, authenticated attacker could set arbitrary values for the GF_XATTROP_ENTRY_IN_KEY and GF_XATTROP_ENTRY_OUT_KEY during xattrop file operation resulting in creation and deletion of arbitrary files on glusterfs server node.

A flaw was found in the way glusterfs server handles client requests. A remote, authenticated attacker could set arbitrary values for the GF_XATTROP_ENTRY_IN_KEY and GF_XATTROP_ENTRY_OUT_KEY during xattrop file operation resulting in creation and deletion of arbitrary files on glusterfs server node.

Find out more about CVE-2018-14654 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue did not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7 as the flaw is present in glusterfs-server, which is not shipped there.

This flaw affects glusterfs versions included in Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor. However, in recommended configurations, the vulnerability is only exposed to hypervisor administrators and can not be exploited from virtual machines or other hosts on the network.

CVSS v3 metrics

CVSS3 Base Score 5.4
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact Low

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Storage Native Client for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (glusterfs) RHSA-2018:3431 2018-10-31
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.4 for RHEL 7 (glusterfs) RHSA-2018:3432 2018-10-31
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.4 for RHEL 6 (glusterfs) RHSA-2018:3431 2018-10-31
Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts RHSA-2018:3470 2018-11-05
Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts RHSA-2018:3432 2018-10-31
Red Hat Storage Native Client for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (glusterfs) RHSA-2018:3432 2018-10-31

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 glusterfs Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 glusterfs Not affected

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Michael Hanselmann (hansmi.ch) for reporting this issue.