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Debian: CVE-2018-10904: glusterfs -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2018-10904: glusterfs -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/04/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
02/19/2019
Modified
02/18/2020

Description

It was found that glusterfs server does not properly sanitize file paths in the "trusted.io-stats-dump" extended attribute which is used by the "debug/io-stats" translator. Attacker can use this flaw to create files and execute arbitrary code. To exploit this attacker would require sufficient access to modify the extended attributes of files on a gluster volume.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-glusterfs

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