UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10928

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10928

    Published: 4 Sept 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-10928
    Aliases:
    USN-4770-1

    Summary:

    Details: A flaw was found in RPC request using gfs3_symlink_req in glusterfs server which allows symlink destinations to point to file paths outside of the gluster volume. An authenticated attacker could use this flaw to create arbitrary symlinks pointing anywhere on the server and execute arbitrary code on glusterfs server nodes.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-10928, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1612659, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10928, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4770-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10928

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: glusterfs

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.4.2-1ubuntu1+esm1

    Affected versions

    3.2.7-3ubuntu2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High