Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in GlusterFS Server by Red Hat
CVE-2018-10907

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Red Hat
Status
Glusterfs
Vendor
CVE Published:
4 September 2018

Summary

The GlusterFS server is susceptible to multiple stack-based buffer overflow vulnerabilities attributed to its use of fixed-size buffers allocated via 'alloca(3)' in the server-rpc-fopc.c file. An authenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability by mounting a Gluster volume and sending a string that exceeds the predetermined buffer size, leading to application crashes or risking arbitrary code execution.

Affected Version(s)

glusterfs

References

https://review.gluster.org/#/c/glusterfs/+/21070/
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10907
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2607
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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