CVE-2018-14659 – glusterfs: Unlimited file creation via "GF_XATTR_IOSTATS_DUMP_KEY" xattr allows for denial of service

https://notcve.org/view.php?id=CVE-2018-14659

31 Oct 2018 — The Gluster file system through versions 4.1.4 and 3.1.2 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack via use of the 'GF_XATTR_IOSTATS_DUMP_KEY' xattr. A remote, authenticated attacker could exploit this by mounting a Gluster volume and repeatedly calling 'setxattr(2)' to trigger a state dump and create an arbitrary number of files in the server's runtime directory. El sistema de archivos Gluster hasta las versiones 3.12 y 4.1.4 es vulnerable a un ataque de denegación de servicio (DoS) mediante el uso del xa... • https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3431 • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption •