CVE-2018-14659 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2018-14659 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 31/10/2018 | CVE Updated: 05/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2018
Source: redhat | Vendor: The Gluster Project | Product: glusterfs
Status : PUBLISHED

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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.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: n/a
Vector: n/a

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Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-ID: CWE-400
CWE Name: CWE-400
Source: The Gluster Project

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).