Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM : GlusterFS vulnerabilities (USN-4770-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 183640

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4770-1 advisory.

It was discovered that GlusterFS incorrectly handled network requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2014-3619)

It was discovered that GlusterFS incorrectly handled user permissions. An authenticated attacker could possibly use this to add himself to a trusted storage pool and perform privileged operations on volumes.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 ESM. (CVE-2018-10841)

It was discovered that GlusterFS incorrectly handled mounting gluster volumes. An attacker could possibly use this issue to also mount shared gluster volumes and escalate privileges through malicious cronjobs.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 ESM. (CVE-2018-1088)

It was discovered that GlusterFS incorrectly handled file paths. An attacker could possibly use this issue to create arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-10904)

It was discovered that GlusterFS incorrectly handled mounting volumes. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or run arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-10907)

It was discovered that GlusterFS incorrectly handled negative key length values. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2018-10911)

It was discovered that GlusterFS incorrectly handled FUSE requests. An attacker could use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2018-10913, CVE-2018-10914)

It was discovered that GlusterFS incorrectly handled the file creation process. An authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to create arbitrary files and obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2018-10923)

It was discovered that GlusterFS incorrectly handled certain inputs. An authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 ESM.
(CVE-2018-10924)

It was discovered that GlusterFS incorrectly handled RPC requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to write files to an arbitrary location and execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-10926, CVE-2018-10927, CVE-2018-10928, CVE-2018-10929, CVE-2018-10930)

It was discovered that the fix for CVE-2018-10926, CVE-2018-10927, CVE-2018-10928, CVE-2018-10929, CVE-2018-10930 was incomplete. A remote authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-14651)

It was discovered that GlusterFS incorrectly handled certain files. A remote authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-14652)

It was discovered that GlusterFS incorrectly handled RPC requests. A remote authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact. (CVE-2018-14653)

It was discovered that GlusterFS incorrectly handled mount volumes operation. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to create arbitrary files. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 ESM.
(CVE-2018-14654)

It was discovered that GlusterFS incorrectly handled certain files. A remote authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to create arbitrary files. (CVE-2018-14659)

It was discovered that GlusterFS incorrectly handled certain inputs. A remote authenticated attacker could possibly use this is issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 ESM.
(CVE-2018-14660)

It was discovered that GlusterFS incorrectly handled strings. A remote authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-14661)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected glusterfs-client, glusterfs-common and / or glusterfs-server packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4770-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 183640

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4770-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/21/2023

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-14654

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-14653

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:glusterfs-client, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:glusterfs-common, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:glusterfs-server, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/15/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/9/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3619, CVE-2018-10841, CVE-2018-1088, CVE-2018-10904, CVE-2018-10907, CVE-2018-10911, CVE-2018-10913, CVE-2018-10914, CVE-2018-10923, CVE-2018-10924, CVE-2018-10926, CVE-2018-10927, CVE-2018-10928, CVE-2018-10929, CVE-2018-10930, CVE-2018-14651, CVE-2018-14652, CVE-2018-14653, CVE-2018-14654, CVE-2018-14659, CVE-2018-14660, CVE-2018-14661

USN: 4770-1