CVE-2018-14660

moderate-risk
Published 2018-11-01

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.

Do I need to act?

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1.6% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 6.5/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (6)

Affected Vendors

Debian Redhat Gluster

References (12)

Vendor Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3431
Vendor Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3432
Vendor Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3470
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14660
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00000.html
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-06
Vendor Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3431
Vendor Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3432
Vendor Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3470
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14660
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00000.html
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-06
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moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 4/34 · Minimal
Exposure 13/34 · Low