CVE-2018-14660 vulnerability in Gluster and Other Products
Published on November 1, 2018
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.
Weakness Type
What is a Resource Exhaustion Vulnerability?
The software does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.
CVE-2018-14660 has been classified to as a Resource Exhaustion vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2018-14660
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Affected Versions
[UNKNOWN] glusterfs:- Version affected versions through 4.1.4 is affected.
- Version affected versions through 3.1.2 is affected.
Exploit Probability
EPSS
1.60%
Percentile
81.35%
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