Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 31, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-14659
CVE-2018-14659
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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Affected products
9- The Gluster Project/glusterfsv5Range: through 3.1.2 and 4.1.4
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:gluster_file_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: >=3.0.0,<=3.1.2
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization_host:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
7- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3431nvdVendor Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3432nvdVendor Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3470nvdVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00003.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00000.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-06nvdThird Party Advisory
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