High severity · published Sep 4, 2018
CVE-2018-10923
It was found that the "mknod" call derived from mknod(2) can create files pointing to devices on a glusterfs server node
8.1
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
It was found that the "mknod" call derived from mknod(2) can create files pointing to devices on a glusterfs server node. An authenticated attacker could use this to create an arbitrary device and read data from any device attached to the glusterfs server node.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.6% · higher than 75% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
GL
Glusterfs · Gluster
3.12.0 before 3.12.14; 4.1.0 before 4.1.8 · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
15.1 · source: NVD
VH
Virtualization Host · Redhat
4.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10923
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10923
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00035.html
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2607
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2608
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3470
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10923
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00021.html
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