CVE-2018-10924 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Glusterfs

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionCWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime9 documents8 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
CNA5.3
EPSS
0.7%
top 27.34%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Gluster GlusterfsRED HAT Glusterfs
Timeline
PublishedSep 4
Latest updateMay 13

Description

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 vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDgluster/glusterfs3.12.11 — 3.12.14+1
▶Debiangluster/glusterfs< 4.0.1-1+3
▶CVEListV5red_hat/glusterfsn/a

Patches

Patch: review.gluster.org ↗Patch: review.gluster.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-cjxq-5pxf-g82j: It was discovered that fsync(2) system call in glusterfs client code leaks memory↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2018-10924: It was discovered that fsync(2) system call in glusterfs client code leaks memory↗2018-09-04
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OSV
CVE-2018-10924: It was discovered that fsync(2) system call in glusterfs client code leaks memory↗2018-09-04
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
GlusterFS vulnerabilities↗2021-03-15
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Red Hat
glusterfs: Denial-of-service via fsync(2) in Gluster FUSE client↗2018-09-04
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Debian
CVE-2018-10924: glusterfs - It was discovered that fsync(2) system call in glusterfs client code leaks memor...↗2018
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-10924 glusterfs: Denial-of-service via fsync(2) in Gluster FUSE client [fedora-all]↗2018-09-04
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-10924 glusterfs: Denial-of-service via fsync(2) in Gluster FUSE client↗2018-08-02
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