CVE-2018-14653: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 2.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Gluster file system through versions 4.1.4 and 3.12 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow in the '__server_getspec' function via the 'gf_getspec_req' RPC message. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service or other potential unspecified impact.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization: version 4.0 only
• Red Hat Gluster Storage: from 3.0.0, up to and including 3.1.2; from 4.1.0, up to and including 4.1.4

Published 2018-10-31. Last modified 2026-06-17.