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CVE-2018-14660 json

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.

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-6555

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.5%
EPSS 2.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • glusterfs Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-14660

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

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14660

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  • glusterfs storage 3.4 3.12.2-25.el7rhgs
  • glusterfs storage 3, RHEL 7 3.12.2-25.el7
  • glusterfs-api storage 3.4 3.12.2-25.el7rhgs
  • glusterfs-api storage 3, RHEL 7 3.12.2-25.el7
  • glusterfs-cli storage 3.4 3.12.2-25.el7rhgs
  • glusterfs-cli storage 3, RHEL 7 3.12.2-25.el7
  • glusterfs-fuse storage 3.4 3.12.2-25.el7rhgs
  • glusterfs-fuse storage 3, RHEL 7 3.12.2-25.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:3432RHSA-2018:3431RHSA-2018:3470

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red hat product security vex CVE-2018-14660 updated cvss 6.5

glusterfs: Repeat use of "GF_META_LOCK_KEY" xattr allows for memory exhaustion

  • Red Hat Gluster Storage Server 3.4 on RHEL-6 glusterfs 3.12.2-25.el6rhs, glusterfs-api 3.12.2-25.el6rhs, glusterfs-cli 3.12.2-25.el6rhs, glusterfs-fuse 3.12.2-25.el6rhs, glusterfs-libs 3.12.2-25.el6rhs, glusterfs-rdma 3.12.2-25.el6rhs, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3431
  • Red Hat Gluster Storage Server 3.4 on RHEL-7 glusterfs 3.12.2-25.el7rhgs, glusterfs-api 3.12.2-25.el7rhgs, glusterfs-cli 3.12.2-25.el7rhgs, glusterfs-fuse 3.12.2-25.el7rhgs, glusterfs-libs 3.12.2-25.el7rhgs, glusterfs-rdma 3.12.2-25.el7rhgs, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3432
  • Red Hat Storage Native Client for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 glusterfs 3.12.2-25.el6, glusterfs-api 3.12.2-25.el6, glusterfs-cli 3.12.2-25.el6, glusterfs-fuse 3.12.2-25.el6, glusterfs-libs 3.12.2-25.el6, glusterfs-rdma 3.12.2-25.el6, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3431
  • Red Hat Storage Native Client for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 glusterfs 3.12.2-25.el7, glusterfs-api 3.12.2-25.el7, glusterfs-cli 3.12.2-25.el7, glusterfs-fuse 3.12.2-25.el7, glusterfs-libs 3.12.2-25.el7, glusterfs-rdma 3.12.2-25.el7, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3432
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 7 redhat-virtualization-host 4.2-20181026.0.el7_6, redhat-virtualization-host-image-update 4.2-20181026.0.el7_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3470
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts glusterfs 3.12.2-25.el7, glusterfs-api 3.12.2-25.el7, glusterfs-cli 3.12.2-25.el7, glusterfs-fuse 3.12.2-25.el7, glusterfs-libs 3.12.2-25.el7, glusterfs-rdma 3.12.2-25.el7, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3432
  • Red Hat RHEL 7-based RHEV-H for RHEV 4 (build requirements) imgbased 1.0.29-1.el7ev, python-imgbased 1.0.29-1.el7ev, redhat-release-virtualization-host 4.2-7.3.el7, redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-placeholder 4.2-7.3.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3470
  • 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
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

2.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • [UNKNOWN] glusterfs

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

Sources

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