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CVE-2014-8177

Improper Access Control

Published: Jun 07, 2016 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
4 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8177
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/284.html

The Red Hat gluster-swift package, as used in Red Hat Gluster Storage (formerly Red Hat Storage Server), allows remote authenticated users to bypass the max_meta_count constraint via multiple crafted requests which exceed the limit when combined.

Weakness

The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Gluster_storage_management_consoleRedhat3.1 (including)3.1 (including)
Gluster_storage_serverRedhat3.1 (including)3.1 (including)
Native Client for RHEL 6 for Red Hat StorageRedHatglusterfs-0:3.7.1-16.el6*
Native Client for RHEL 7 for Red Hat StorageRedHatglusterfs-0:3.7.1-16.el7*
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6RedHatgdeploy-0:1.0-12.el6rhs*
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6RedHatglusterfs-0:3.7.1-16.el6rhs*
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6RedHatgluster-nagios-addons-0:0.2.5-1.el6rhs*
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6RedHatgluster-nagios-common-0:0.2.2-1.el6rhs*
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6RedHatgstatus-0:0.65-1.el6rhs*
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6RedHatnagios-server-addons-0:0.2.2-1.el6rhs*
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6RedHatnfs-ganesha-0:2.2.0-9.el6rhs*
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6RedHatopenstack-swift-0:1.13.1-6.el6ost*
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6RedHatredhat-storage-server-0:3.1.1.0-2.el6rhs*
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6RedHatswiftonfile-0:1.13.1-5.el6rhs*
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6RedHatvdsm-0:4.16.20-1.3.el6rhs*
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 7RedHatgdeploy-0:1.0-12.el7rhgs*
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 7RedHatglusterfs-0:3.7.1-16.el7rhgs*
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 7RedHatgluster-nagios-addons-0:0.2.5-1.el7rhgs*
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 7RedHatgluster-nagios-common-0:0.2.2-1.el7rhgs*
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 7RedHatgstatus-0:0.65-1.el7rhgs*
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 7RedHatnagios-server-addons-0:0.2.2-1.el7rhgs*
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 7RedHatnfs-ganesha-0:2.2.0-9.el7rhgs*
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 7RedHatopenstack-swift-0:1.13.1-6.el7ost*
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 7RedHatredhat-storage-server-0:3.1.1.0-2.el7rhgs*
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 7RedHatswiftonfile-0:1.13.1-5.el7rhgs*
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 7RedHatvdsm-0:4.16.20-1.3.el7rhgs*
Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatglusterfs-0:3.7.1-16.el7*

Extended Description

Access control involves the use of several protection mechanisms such as:

When any mechanism is not applied or otherwise fails, attackers can compromise the security of the product by gaining privileges, reading sensitive information, executing commands, evading detection, etc. There are two distinct behaviors that can introduce access control weaknesses:

Potential Mitigations

  • Compartmentalize the system to have “safe” areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. Do not allow sensitive data to go outside of the trust boundary and always be careful when interfacing with a compartment outside of the safe area.
  • Ensure that appropriate compartmentalization is built into the system design, and the compartmentalization allows for and reinforces privilege separation functionality. Architects and designers should rely on the principle of least privilege to decide the appropriate time to use privileges and the time to drop privileges.

References

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