CVE-2018-14660
A flaw was found in glusterfs server through versions 4.1.4 and 3.1.2 which allowed repeated usage of GF_META_LOCK_KEY xattr.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.51%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A flaw was found in glusterfs server through versions 4.1.4 and 3.1.2 which allowed repeated usage of GF_META_LOCK_KEY xattr. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to create multiple locks for single inode by using setxattr repetitively resulting in memory exhaustion of glusterfs server node.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.51% probability · 85th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-400, CWE-770
- Affected
- gluster/glusterfs · redhat/virtualization host · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/virtualization · debian/debian linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 2.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3431Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3432Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3470Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14660Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-06Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3431Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3432Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3470Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14660Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-06Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.