CVE-2012-4406

Summary

CVECVE-2012-4406
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-10-22 23:55:00 UTC
Updated2024-01-25 02:13:00 UTC
DescriptionOpenStack 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-502

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 16 All All All
Application Openstack Swift All All All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.0.0 All All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.0.1 All All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.0.2 All All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.1.0 All All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.1.0 rc1 All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.1.0 rc2 All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.2.0 All All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.2.0 gamma1 All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.2.0 rc1 All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.3.0 All All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.3.0 gamma1 All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.3.0 rc1 All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.4.0 All All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.4.1 All All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.4.2 All All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.4.3 All All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.4.4 All All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.4.5 All All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.4.6 All All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.4.7 All All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.4.8 All All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.5.0 All All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.0.0 All All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.0.1 All All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.0.2 All All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.1.0 All All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.1.0 rc1 All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.1.0 rc2 All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.2.0 All All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.2.0 gamma1 All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.2.0 rc1 All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.3.0 All All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.3.0 gamma1 All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.3.0 rc1 All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.4.0 All All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.4.1 All All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.4.2 All All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.4.3 All All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.4.4 All All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.4.5 All All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.4.6 All All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.4.7 All All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.4.8 All All All
Application Openstack Swift 1.5.0 All All All
Application Openstack Swift All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Application Redhat Gluster Storage Management Console 2.0 All All All
Application Redhat Gluster Storage Server For On-premise 2.0 All All All
Application Redhat Storage 2.0 All All All
Application Redhat Storage For Public Cloud 2.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Do not use pickle for serialization in memcache, but JSON · openstack/swift@e1ff51c · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
1.7.0 : OpenStack Object Storage (swift) CONFIRM launchpad.net
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: openstack-swift-1.4.8-3.fc16 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Bug #1006414 “Insecure loads()” : Bugs : OpenStack Object Storage (swift) CONFIRM bugs.launchpad.net
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
OpenStack Swift 'loads()' Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
854757 – (CVE-2012-4406) CVE-2012-4406 Openstack-Swift: insecure use of python pickle() MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
oss-security - Re: CVE-Request: openstack pickle de-serialization MLIST www.openwall.com
oss-security - CVE-Request: openstack pickle de-serialization MLIST www.openwall.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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