glusterfs Server mknod input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in glusterfs Server. This issue affects the function mknod. Such manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2018-10923. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in glusterfs Server (version unknown). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function mknod. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

It was found that the "mknod" call derived from mknod(2) can create files pointing to devices on a glusterfs server node. An authenticated attacker could use this to create an arbitrary device and read data from any device attached to the glusterfs server node.

The bug was discovered 02/03/2018. The weakness was presented 09/04/2018 by Michael Hanselmann as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-10923 since 05/09/2018. The attack may be launched remotely. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 213 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 117317 (RHEL 7 : Gluster Storage (RHSA-2018:2607)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 256518 (CentOS Security Update for glusterfs (CESA-2018:2607)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 5 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (117317) and SecurityFocus (BID 107577†). See VDB-123577, VDB-123573, VDB-123574 and VDB-123575 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Nessus ID: 117317
Nessus Name: RHEL 7 : Gluster Storage (RHSA-2018:2607)
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02/03/2018 🔍
05/09/2018 +94 days 🔍
09/04/2018 +118 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: RHSA-2018:2607
Researcher: Michael Hanselmann
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-10923 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-10923
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-123578
SecurityFocus: 107577 - GlusterFS CVE-2018-10929 Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/05/2018 06:55
Updated: 05/07/2023 08:08
Changes: 09/05/2018 06:55 (72), 03/20/2020 15:40 (7), 05/07/2023 08:06 (4), 05/07/2023 08:08 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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