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CVE-2018-10924 json

It was discovered that fsync(2) system call in glusterfs client code leaks memory.

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-2978

cvss
5.3
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.9%
EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

It was discovered that fsync(2) system call in glusterfs client code leaks memory. An authenticated attacker could use this flaw to launch a denial of service attack by making gluster clients consume memory of the host machine.

Patch / fix

  • gluster glusterfs 3.12.14, 4.1.4
  • glusterfs Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.0.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10924

  • glusterfs Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 3.13.2-1ubuntu1+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10924

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • glusterfs openSUSE Leap 15.1 3.12.15-lp151.3.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2020:0079-1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2018-10924 updated cvss 5.3

glusterfs: Denial-of-service via fsync(2) in Gluster FUSE client

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 glusterfs, glusterfs-api, glusterfs-cli, glusterfs-fuse, glusterfs-libs, glusterfs-rdma, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 glusterfs, glusterfs-api, glusterfs-cli, glusterfs-fuse, glusterfs-libs, glusterfs-rdma, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 glusterfs, glusterfs-api, glusterfs-cli, glusterfs-fuse, glusterfs-libs, glusterfs-rdma, +2 more Red Hat Storage 3 glusterfs, glusterfs-api, glusterfs-cli, glusterfs-fuse, glusterfs-libs, glusterfs-rdma, +8 more Red Hat Virtualization 4 glusterfs, glusterfs-api, glusterfs-cli, glusterfs-fuse, glusterfs-libs, glusterfs-rdma, +2 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected products

  • Red Hat glusterfs

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • CWE-772 Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.