CVE-2018-10924

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.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00035.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10924	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://review.gluster.org/#/c/glusterfs/+/20723/	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-06

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gluster:glusterfs::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:gluster:glusterfs::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-09-04 15:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:44

NVD link : CVE-2018-10924

Mitre link : CVE-2018-10924

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-10924

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Products Affected

gluster

glusterfs

CWE

CWE-772

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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