CVE-2018-14660
mediumpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.025 · 85 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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affected products (23)
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references (23)
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- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3431cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3432cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3470cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14660cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1635926cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14660cnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00000.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152350/Gentoo-Linux-Security-Advisory-201904-06.htmlcnnvd
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