CVE-2012-4406 (GCVE-0-2012-4406)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-10-22 23:00
Modified
2024-08-06 20:35
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
OpenStack Object Storage (swift) before 1.7.0 uses the loads function in the pickle Python module unsafely when storing and loading metadata in memcached, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted pickle object.
References
secalert@redhat.com http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089472.html Mailing List
secalert@redhat.com http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1379.html Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0691.html Not Applicable
secalert@redhat.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/16 Mailing List
secalert@redhat.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/4 Mailing List
secalert@redhat.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55420 Broken Link
secalert@redhat.com https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1006414 Issue Tracking, Patch
secalert@redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=854757 Issue Tracking, Patch
secalert@redhat.com https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79140 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.com https://github.com/openstack/swift/commit/e1ff51c04554d51616d2845f92ab726cb0e5831a Patch
secalert@redhat.com https://launchpad.net/swift/+milestone/1.7.0 Release Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089472.html Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1379.html Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0691.html Not Applicable
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/16 Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/4 Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55420 Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1006414 Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=854757 Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79140 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://github.com/openstack/swift/commit/e1ff51c04554d51616d2845f92ab726cb0e5831a Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://launchpad.net/swift/+milestone/1.7.0 Release Notes
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