CVE-2018-10914

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 4, 2018 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:34 AM UTC
5 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxLeapEnterprise Linux Server

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

It was found that an attacker could issue a xattr request via glusterfs FUSE to cause gluster brick process to crash which will result in a remote denial of service. If gluster multiplexing is enabled this will result in a crash of multiple bricks and gluster volumes.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

3.12.0 ≤ v < 3.12.144.1.0 ≤ v < 4.1.8
Affected range stops below 3.12.14, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.1.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (8)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00035.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2607
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2608
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3470
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingMitigationThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10914
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00021.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00000.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-06

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476

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