CVE-2018-14659
Gluster Denial of Service (DoS)+vulnerability
Description
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Oct. 31, 2018, 7:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Feb. 13, 2023, 4:51 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
2.8
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2018-14659
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2018-14659.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| 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 | Vendor Advisory |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14659 | Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00003.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00000.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-06 | Third Party Advisory |
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CVE-2018-14659 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2018-14659 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 13, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description A flaw was found in glusterfs server which allowed clients to create io-stats dumps on server node. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to create io-stats dump on a server without any limitation and utilizing all available inodes resulting in remote denial of service. 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. Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14659 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1635929 [No Types Assigned] Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-400 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 02, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description 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. A flaw was found in glusterfs server which allowed clients to create io-stats dumps on server node. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to create io-stats dump on a server without any limitation and utilizing all available inodes resulting in remote denial of service. Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14659 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1635929 [No Types Assigned] Removed CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-400 -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 30, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00003.html Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00003.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00000.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_virtualization:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization_host:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 17, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00000.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 10, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00000.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 02, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00000.html [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Oct. 18, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-06 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-06 Third Party Advisory Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:gluster_storage:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.0.0 up to (including) 3.1.2 *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:gluster_storage:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.1.0 up to (including) 4.1.4 OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:gluster_file_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.0.0 up to (including) 3.1.2 *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:gluster_file_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.1.0 up to (including) 4.1.4 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 09, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3 Red Hat, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-400 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 02, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-06 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 07, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3470 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3470 Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14659 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14659 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3432 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3432 Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3431 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3431 Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00003.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00003.html Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory Added CWE CWE-400 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:gluster_storage:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.0.0 up to (including) 3.1.2 *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:gluster_storage:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.1.0 up to (including) 4.1.4 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_virtualization:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 06, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00003.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3470 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 01, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3432 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3431 [No Types Assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-14659 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-14659
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.74 }} 0.02%
score
0.81214
percentile