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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_

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 0.02144
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Weakness Classification

CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
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Affected Products & Versions

6
redhat gluster file system>= 3.0.0 and <= 3.1.2
redhat gluster file system>= 4.1.0 and <= 4.1.4
debian linuxall versions
redhat enterprise linux serverall versions
redhat virtualizationall versions
redhat virtualization hostall versions
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productmediumPowershell Detect Virtualization Environment
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Scoring & Timeline

6.5
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · secalert@redhat.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD31 Oct 2018 · 07:29 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Vendor Advisories

4
usnUSN-4770-1
rhsaRHSA-2018:3470Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2018:3432Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2018:3431Moderate
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14659Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00003.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00000.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-06Third Party Advisory
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