CVE-2018-14659

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: October 31, 2018 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:41 AM UTC
7 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxEnterprise Linux ServerVirtualization

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

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.

Affected

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

3.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 3.1.24.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 4.1.4
redhat-enterprise-linux (environment)
redhat-enterprise-linux (environment)
v ≤ 3.1.2
All versions

References (7)

x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14659
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00003.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-400

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