Attacker Value
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
Exploitability
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
Low
Attack Vector
Network
0

CVE-2018-14659

Disclosure Date: October 31, 2018 •
CVE-2018-14659 CVSS v3 Base Score: 6.5
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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.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
6.5 Medium
Impact Score:
3.6
Exploitability Score:
2.8
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Network
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
Low
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
None
Integrity (I):
None
Availability (A):
High

General Information

Offensive Application
Unknown
Utility Class
Unknown
Ports
Unknown
OS
Unknown
Vulnerable Versions
glusterfs through 3.1.2 and 4.1.4
Prerequisites
Unknown
Discovered By
Unknown
PoC Author
Unknown
Metasploit Module
Unknown
Reporter
Unknown

Vendors

  • debian,
  • redhat

Products

  • debian linux 8.0,
  • debian linux 9.0,
  • enterprise linux server 6.0,
  • enterprise linux server 7.0,
  • gluster file system,
  • virtualization 4.0,
  • virtualization host 4.0
Technical Analysis