CVE-2018-14659

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-400

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
The Gluster Project	glusterfs	through 3.1.2 and 4.1.4

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3431Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3432Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3470Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14659Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-06Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3431Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3432Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3470Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14659Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-06Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Oct 31, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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