Bug 1258743 – CVE-2015-5242 swiftonfile: use of insecure Python pickle for metadata serialization and storage

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Bug 1258743 - (CVE-2015-5242) CVE-2015-5242 swiftonfile: use of insecure Python pickle for metadata serialization and storage

Summary:	CVE-2015-5242 swiftonfile: use of insecure Python pickle for metadata seriali...

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	CVE-2015-5242

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

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

Depends On:	1258752
Blocks:	1257505
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Reported:	2015-09-01 03:40 EDT by Siddharth Sharma
Modified:	2015-10-21 00:06 EDT (History)
CC List:	8 users (show)

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Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the way swiftonfile (gluster-swift) serialized and stored metadata on disk by using Python's pickle module. A remote, authenticated user could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the storage node.
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Last Closed:	2015-10-21 00:06:42 EDT
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2015:1918	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: swiftonfile security update	2015-10-20 18:20:32 EDT

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Description Siddharth Sharma 2015-09-01 03:40:18 EDT

A flaw was found in the way swiftonfile (gluster-swift) serializes and stores metadata on disk by using Python's pickle module (https://docs.python.org/2/library/pickle.html). Exploiting this flaw causes remote code execution of arbitrary code on the storage node.

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2015-10-20 14:20:46 EDT

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6
  Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 7

Via RHSA-2015:1918 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1918.html

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