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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-10923

An authenticated attacker could use this to create an arbitrary device and read data from any device attached to the glusterfs server node.

HIGH 8.1EPSS 1.67%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.67%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

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 3.1
8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS
1.67% probability · 75th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Affected
gluster/glusterfs · redhat/virtualization host · debian/debian linux · redhat/enterprise linux server · opensuse/leap
Source
secalert@redhat.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.