Bug 854761

Summary: CVE-2012-4406 Openstack-Swift: insecure use of python pickle() [fedora-all]
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Kurt Seifried <kseifried>
Component: openstack-swiftAssignee: Derek Higgins <derekh>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity: high Docs Contact:
Priority: high    
Version: 17CC: apevec, apevec, breu, david, derekh, jonathansteffan, markmc, rbryant, silas, zaitcev
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OS: Linux   
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Default to 0 (pickle) none

Description Kurt Seifried 2012-09-05 18:51:17 UTC
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Comment 1 Alan Pevec 2012-09-06 08:46:01 UTC
I'm not sure this patch is good for stable updates as-is, at least I'd modify it to have memcache_serialization_support=0 as default and add in update description suggested upgrade procedure, from commit message:
    To avoid an instant full cache flush, existing installations should
    upgrade with 0, then set to 1 and reload, then after some time (24
    hours) set to 2 and reload. Support for 0 and 1 will be removed in
    future versions.

Comment 2 Pete Zaitcev 2012-09-07 05:31:57 UTC
Created attachment 610623 [details]
Default to 0 (pickle)

How about this, then - keep the default compatible.

The attached patch also adjusts the documentation to point it out.

Comment 3 Alan Pevec 2012-09-17 17:25:20 UTC
Looks good, have at it!

Comment 4 Alan Pevec 2012-09-18 20:52:32 UTC
There's followup fix (which just caused folsom swift respin)
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/13217/1/swift/common/middleware/memcache.py,unified

Comment 5 Derek Higgins 2012-09-27 16:51:49 UTC
Hi Pete,
   I can't see your patch for some reason (not authorized), do you want me to take a look at it and push into f17? or are you going to make the change?

Comment 6 Pete Zaitcev 2012-09-27 17:42:45 UTC
Derek, if you can do the commit-build-push, it would be a great help.
Sorry to make you do it. I marked the attachment public.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2012-09-28 15:07:01 UTC
openstack-swift-1.4.8-2.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/openstack-swift-1.4.8-2.fc17

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2012-09-28 19:38:41 UTC
openstack-swift-1.4.8-3.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/openstack-swift-1.4.8-3.fc17

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2012-09-30 02:28:37 UTC
Package openstack-swift-1.4.8-3.fc16:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 16 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing openstack-swift-1.4.8-3.fc16'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-15098/openstack-swift-1.4.8-3.fc16
then log in and leave karma (feedback).