Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in GlusterFS - CVE-2012-4417
Published: November 19, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43329
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-4417
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Gluster Inc.
Affected software:
GlusterFS
GlusterFS
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-4417
Install update from vendor's website.