Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2018109040000000
Revision Date:2018-09-04Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-10904 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:It was found that glusterfs server does not properly sanitize file paths in the "trusted.io-stats-dump" extended attribute which is used by the "debug/io-stats" translator. Attacker can use this flaw to create files and execute arbitrary code. To exploit this attacker would require sufficient access to modify the extended attributes of files on a gluster volume. It was discovered that GlusterFS incorrectly handled file paths. An attacker could possibly use this issue to create arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-10904
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND glusterfs package in xenial is affected and needs fixing.
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