Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Gluster GlusterFS



| Updated: 2020-08-11
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2012-4417
CWE-ID CWE-264
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 GlusterFS
Server applications / File servers (FTP/HTTP)

Vendor Gluster Inc.

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU43329

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2012-4417

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate or delete data.

GlusterFS 3.3.0, as used in Red Hat Storage server 2.0, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files with predictable names.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

GlusterFS: 3.3.0

CPE2.3 External links

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1456.html
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56522
https://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027756
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=856341
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80074


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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