SB2018052427 - Privilege escalation in GlusterFS
Published: May 24, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018052427
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10841)
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to boundary error when XXXXX. A remote authenticated gluster client via TLS could use gluster cli with --remote-host command to add it self to trusted storage pool and perform privileged gluster operations like adding other machines to trusted storage pool, start, stop, and delete volumes.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.