Bug 1150461 (CVE-2014-7960) - CVE-2014-7960 openstack-swift: Swift metadata constraints are not correctly enforced
Summary: CVE-2014-7960 openstack-swift: Swift metadata constraints are not correctly e...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2014-7960
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1150782 1150783 1205517 1205518
Blocks: 1150464
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2014-10-08 10:57 UTC by Martin Prpič
Modified: 2021-02-17 06:08 UTC (History)
33 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
A flaw was found in the metadata constraints in OpenStack Object Storage (swift). 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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Environment:
Last Closed: 2015-07-29 06:05:54 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2015:0835 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: openstack-swift security update 2015-04-16 17:52:53 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2015:0836 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: openstack-swift security update 2015-04-16 17:52:45 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2015:1495 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 update 2015-07-29 08:26:26 UTC

Description Martin Prpič 2014-10-08 10:57:05 UTC 
The following was reported to oss-sec:

Title: Swift metadata constraints are not correctly enforced
Reporter: Rajaneesh Singh
Products: Swift
Versions: up to 2.1.0

Description:
Rajaneesh Singh reported a vulnerability in Swift enforcement of
metadata contraints. By adding metadata in several separate calls,
an authenticated attacker can bypass the max_meta_count constraint,
potentially resulting in the storage of more metadata than allowed
in configuration.

References:
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1365350
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/205
Comment 2 Garth Mollett 2014-10-08 23:04:15 UTC 
Created openstack-swift tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1150782]
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2015-04-16 13:59:35 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  OpenStack 5 for RHEL 6

Via RHSA-2015:0836 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0836.html
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2015-04-16 13:59:45 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  OpenStack 5 for RHEL 7

Via RHSA-2015:0835 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0835.html
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2015-07-29 04:36:32 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6
  Native Client for RHEL 5 for Red Hat Storage
  Native Client for RHEL 6 for Red Hat Storage

Via RHSA-2015:1495 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1495.html
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