Multiple vulnerabilities in GlusterFS



Published: 2023-04-03
Risk Low
Patch available NO
Number of vulnerabilities 2
CVE-ID CVE-2022-48340
CVE-2023-26253
CWE-ID CWE-416
CWE-125
Exploitation vector Local network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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GlusterFS
Server applications / File servers (FTP/HTTP)

Vendor Gluster Inc.

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Use-after-free

EUVDB-ID: #VU74338

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-48340

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the dht_setxattr_mds_cbk() function in xlators/cluster/dht/src/dht-common.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim to connect to a malicious server, trigger a use-after-free error and crash the client.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

GlusterFS: 10.0 - 11.0

External links

http://github.com/gluster/glusterfs/issues/3732


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the local network (LAN).

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.

2) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU74337

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-26253

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the notify() function in xlators/mount/fuse/src/fuse-bridge.c. A remote local user can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

GlusterFS: 10.0 - 11.0

External links

http://github.com/gluster/glusterfs/issues/3954


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

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.

The attacker would have to login to the system and perform certain actions 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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