Medium severity6.5OSV Advisory· Published Nov 1, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-14660
CVE-2018-14660
Description
A flaw was found in glusterfs server through versions 4.1.4 and 3.1.2 which allowed repeated usage of GF_META_LOCK_KEY xattr. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to create multiple locks for single inode by using setxattr repetitively resulting in memory exhaustion of glusterfs server node.
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Affected products
8- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization_host:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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References
6- 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/2021/11/msg00000.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-06nvdThird Party Advisory
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