CVE-2018-10923 (GCVE-0-2018-10923)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-09-04 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 07:54
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
7.6 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
CWE
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 81/100 over 1001 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2607 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3470 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-06 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Red Hat glusterfs Affected: n/a
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Date Public
2018-09-04 00:00
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  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Vulnerability timeline

Sightings and recorded dates, grouped by day · UTC

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