CVE-2018-14660

NameCVE-2018-14660
DescriptionA 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-2806-1
Debian Bugs912997

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
glusterfs (PTS)buster5.5-3fixed
bullseye9.2-1fixed
bookworm10.3-5fixed
sid, trixie11.1-4fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
glusterfssourcejessie(not affected)
glusterfssourcestretch3.8.8-1+deb9u1DLA-2806-1
glusterfssource(unstable)5.1-1912997

Notes

[jessie] - glusterfs <not-affected> (vulnerable code not present)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/31/5
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1635926
https://review.gluster.org/#/c/glusterfs/+/21531/
http://git.gluster.org/cgit/glusterfs.git/commit/?id=c2c70552188ee1b15bb748b4f2272062505c7696

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