Bug 1257525 – CVE-2014-8177 gluster-swift metadata constraints are not correctly enforced

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Bug 1257525 - (CVE-2014-8177) CVE-2014-8177 gluster-swift metadata constraints are not correctly enforced

Summary:	CVE-2014-8177 gluster-swift metadata constraints are not correctly enforced

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	CVE-2014-8177

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Red Hat Product Security
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Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	1257884
Blocks:	1257505
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Reported:	2015-08-27 05:27 EDT by Siddharth Sharma
Modified:	2015-10-09 02:41 EDT (History)
CC List:	8 users (show)

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Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the metadata constraints in Red Hat Gluster Storage's OpenStack Object Storage (swiftonfile). By adding metadata in several separate calls, a malicious user could bypass the max_meta_count constraint, and store more metadata than allowed by the configuration.
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Last Closed:	2015-10-09 02:41:54 EDT
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External Trackers
Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2015:1845	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 update	2015-10-05 07:06:22 EDT
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2015:1846	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 update	2015-10-05 10:43:08 EDT

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Description Siddharth Sharma 2015-08-27 05:27:46 EDT

Description:
A flaw was found in the metadata constraints in gluster-swift package. By
adding metadata in several separate calls, a malicious user could bypass the
max_meta_count constraint, and store more metadata than allowed by the
configuration.

References:
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q3/448
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/215487

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2015-10-05 03:25:04 EDT

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6
  Native Client for RHEL 6 for Red Hat Storage

Via RHSA-2015:1845 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1845.html

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2015-10-05 06:43:39 EDT

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 7
  Native Client for RHEL 7 for Red Hat Storage

Via RHSA-2015:1846 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1846.html

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