Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting glusterfs package, versions <4.0.1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-GLUSTERFS-294698
  • published25 Sept 2018
  • disclosed4 Sept 2018

Introduced: 4 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-10924  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 glusterfs to version 4.0.1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glusterfs package and not the glusterfs package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

It was discovered that fsync(2) system call in glusterfs client code leaks memory. An authenticated attacker could use this flaw to launch a denial of service attack by making gluster clients consume memory of the host machine.