Amazon Linux 2 : glusterfs (ALAS-2018-1128)

high Nessus Plugin ID 119783

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

A flaw was found in dict.c:dict_unserialize function of glusterfs, dic_unserialize function does not handle negative key length values.
An attacker could use this flaw to read memory from other locations into the stored dict value.(CVE-2018-10911)

Solution

Run 'yum update glusterfs' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2018-1128.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 119783

File Name: al2_ALAS-2018-1128.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/20/2018

Updated: 3/27/2020

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glusterfs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glusterfs-api, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glusterfs-api-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glusterfs-cli, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glusterfs-client-xlators, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glusterfs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glusterfs-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glusterfs-fuse, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glusterfs-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glusterfs-rdma, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python2-gluster, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/19/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10911

ALAS: 2018-1128