SB2012111906 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Gluster GlusterFS
Published: November 19, 2012 Updated: August 11, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2012111906
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-4417)
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.