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CVE-2018-14659 Details

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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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3431 CVEVendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3432 CVEVendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3470 CVEVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14659 CVEIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00003.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption[email protected]
CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption[email protected]

Affected Products

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Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-14659
NVD Published Date:
Oct 31, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-14659 Details - Not Deferred