glusterfs-3.12.2-18.AXS4

GlusterFS is a key building block of Asianux Gluster Storage. It is based on a stackable user-space design and can deliver exceptional performance for diverse workloads. GlusterFS aggregates various storage servers over network interconnections into one large, parallel network file system.

The glusterfs packages have been upgraded to upstream version 3.12.2, which provides a number of bug fixes over the previous version. (BZ#1594203)

Security Fix(es):

* glusterfs: Improper deserialization in dict.c:dict_unserialize() can allow attackers to read arbitrary memory (CVE-2018-10911)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Asianux would like to thank Michael Hanselmann (hansmi.ch) for reporting this issue.

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