6.5
CVSSv3

CVE-2018-14660

Published: 01/11/2018 Updated: 13/02/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 8
CVSS v3 Base Score: 6.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 2.8
VMScore: 356
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

A 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.

Vulnerability Trend

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gluster glusterfs

redhat enterprise linux server 7.0

redhat enterprise linux server 6.0

redhat virtualization host 4.0

redhat virtualization 4.0

redhat virtualization_host 4.0

debian debian linux 9.0

Vendor Advisories

Debian Bug report logs - #912997 glusterfs: Several security vulnerabilities Package: glusterfs; Maintainer for glusterfs is Patrick Matthäi <pmatthaei@debianorg>; Reported by: Markus Koschany <apo@debianorg> Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2018 18:12:01 UTC Severity: grave Tags: security Found in version 414-1 Fixed in vers ...
Synopsis Important: glusterfs security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic Updated glusterfs packages that fix multiple security issues and bugs are now available for Red Hat Gluster Storage 34 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as h ...
Synopsis Important: glusterfs security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic Updated glusterfs packages that fix multiple security issues and bugs are now available for Red Hat Gluster Storage 34 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as ...
Synopsis Moderate: Red Hat Virtualization security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Topic An update for imgbased, redhat-release-virtualization-host, and redhat-virtualization-host is now available for Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Product Securi ...
A flaw was found in glusterfs server 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 ...