High severity · published Sep 4, 2018
CVE-2018-10928
A flaw was found in RPC request using gfs3_symlink_req in glusterfs server which allows symlink destinations to point to file paths outside of the gluster volume
8.8
CVSS
2.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in RPC request using gfs3_symlink_req in glusterfs server which allows symlink destinations to point to file paths outside of the gluster volume. An authenticated attacker could use this flaw to create arbitrary symlinks pointing anywhere on the server and execute arbitrary code on glusterfs server nodes.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.7% · higher than 86% 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 · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
GS
Gluster Storage · Redhat
3.0 · source: NVD
GL
Glusterfs · Gluster
3.12 before 3.12.14; 4.1 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-2018-10928
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10928
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-2018-10928
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00021.html
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