Red Hat GlusterFS up to 3.1.2/4.1.4 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Red Hat GlusterFS up to 3.1.2/4.1.4. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. This manipulation causes resource management. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-14660. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Red Hat GlusterFS up to 3.1.2/4.1.4 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The bug was discovered 10/31/2018. The weakness was released 10/31/2018 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-14660 since 07/27/2018. The attack can be launched remotely. Required for exploitation is a single authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 118583 (RHEL 7 : glusterfs (RHSA-2018:3432)), 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.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (118583). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-126349, VDB-126350, VDB-126351 and VDB-126352. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 118583
Nessus Name: RHEL 7 : glusterfs (RHSA-2018:3432)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: RHSA-2018:3432
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CVE: CVE-2018-14660 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-14660
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-126391
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Entryinfo

Created: 11/02/2018 05:20
Updated: 06/04/2023 09:57
Changes: 11/02/2018 05:20 (66), 04/09/2020 15:02 (4), 06/04/2023 09:54 (4), 06/04/2023 09:57 (1)
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