CVE-2018-10907 Memory corruption in glusterfs
An authenticated attacker can trigger stack buffer overflows in GlusterFS by sending oversized strings, potentially causing crashes or executing arbitrary code.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-10907?
CVE-2018-10907 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 4 Sep 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
It was found that glusterfs server is vulnerable to multiple stack based buffer overflows due to functions in server-rpc-fopc.c allocating fixed size buffers using 'alloca(3)'. An authenticated attacker could exploit this by mounting a gluster volume and sending a string longer that the fixed buffer size to cause crash or potential code execution.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-10907?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Gluster Glusterfs, Opensuse Leap, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Redhat Virtualization Host.
How do I fix CVE-2018-10907?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2018-10907 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-10907 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10907, GHSA-h429-wm24-5m9h, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10907.