Medium severity · published Oct 31, 2018
CVE-2018-14661
It was found that usage of snprintf function in feature/locks translator of glusterfs server 3.8.4, as shipped with Red Hat Gluster Storage, was vulnerable to a format string…
6.5
CVSS
2.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
It was found that usage of snprintf function in feature/locks translator of glusterfs server 3.8.4, as shipped with Red Hat Gluster Storage, was vulnerable to a format string attack. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to cause remote denial of service.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
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 Server · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
GL
Glusterfs · Gluster
3.8.4 · source: NVD
VI
Virtualization · Redhat
4.0 · source: NVD
VH
Virtualization Host · Redhat
4.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14661
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14661
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3431
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3432
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3470
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14661
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00003.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00000.html
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