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CVE-2014-8177 json

The Red Hat gluster-swift package, as used in Red Hat Gluster Storage (formerly Red Hat Storage Server), allows remote authenticated users…

published 10y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2014-8018

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.7%
EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The Red Hat gluster-swift package, as used in Red Hat Gluster Storage (formerly Red Hat Storage Server), allows remote authenticated users to bypass the max_meta_count constraint via multiple crafted requests which exceed the limit when combined.

Patch / fix

  • vdsm storage 3.1 4.16.20-1.3.el7rhgs
  • gdeploy storage 3.1 1.0-12.el7rhgs
  • gstatus storage 3.1 0.65-1.el7rhgs
  • vdsm-cli storage 3.1 4.16.20-1.3.el7rhgs
  • vdsm-reg storage 3.1 4.16.20-1.3.el7rhgs
  • glusterfs storage 3.1 3.7.1-16.el7rhgs
  • glusterfs storage 3, RHEL 7 3.7.1-16.el7
  • vdsm-tests storage 3.1 4.16.20-1.3.el7rhgs

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:1846RHSA-2015:1845

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red hat product security vex CVE-2014-8177 updated cvss 4.0

swiftonfile: gluster-swift metadata constraints are not correctly enforced

  • Red Hat Gluster Storage Nagios 3.1 on RHEL-6 nagios-server-addons 0.2.2-1.el6rhs, gluster-nagios-common 0.2.2-1.el6rhs
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1845
  • Red Hat Gluster Storage Nagios 3.1 on RHEL-7 nagios-server-addons 0.2.2-1.el7rhgs, gluster-nagios-common 0.2.2-1.el7rhgs
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1846
  • Red Hat Gluster Storage NFS 3.1 on RHEL-6 nfs-ganesha 2.2.0-9.el6rhs, nfs-ganesha-gluster 2.2.0-9.el6rhs
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1845
  • Red Hat Gluster Storage NFS 3.1 on RHEL-7 nfs-ganesha 2.2.0-9.el7rhgs, nfs-ganesha-gluster 2.2.0-9.el7rhgs
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1846
  • Red Hat Gluster Storage Server 3.1 on RHEL-6 gdeploy 1.0-12.el6rhs, gstatus 0.65-1.el6rhs, vdsm 4.16.20-1.3.el6rhs, glusterfs 3.7.1-16.el6rhs, swiftonfile 1.13.1-5.el6rhs, vdsm-cli 4.16.20-1.3.el6rhs, +31 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1845
  • Red Hat Gluster Storage Server 3.1 on RHEL-7 gdeploy 1.0-12.el7rhgs, gstatus 0.65-1.el7rhgs, vdsm 4.16.20-1.3.el7rhgs, glusterfs 3.7.1-16.el7rhgs, swiftonfile 1.13.1-5.el7rhgs, vdsm-cli 4.16.20-1.3.el7rhgs, +31 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1846
  • Red Hat Storage Native Client for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 glusterfs 3.7.1-16.el6, glusterfs-api 3.7.1-16.el6, glusterfs-cli 3.7.1-16.el6, glusterfs-fuse 3.7.1-16.el6, glusterfs-libs 3.7.1-16.el6, glusterfs-rdma 3.7.1-16.el6, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1845
  • Red Hat Storage Native Client for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 glusterfs 3.7.1-16.el7, glusterfs-api 3.7.1-16.el7, glusterfs-cli 3.7.1-16.el7, glusterfs-fuse 3.7.1-16.el7, glusterfs-libs 3.7.1-16.el7, glusterfs-rdma 3.7.1-16.el7, +2 more Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts glusterfs 3.7.1-16.el7, glusterfs-cli 3.7.1-16.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1846

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Exploit prediction

1.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

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