CVE-2014-7960

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-7960
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-10-17 15:55:06 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionOpenStack Object Storage (Swift) before 2.2.0 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the max_meta_count and other metadata constraints via multiple crafted requests which exceed the limit when combined.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openstack Swift All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: CVE request for vulnerability in OpenStack Swift af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
OpenStack Swift CVE-2014-7960 Multiple Security Bypass Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - CVE request for vulnerability in OpenStack Swift af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Oracle Bulletin Board Update - January 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
Bug #1365350 “[OSSA 2014-034] Metadata constraints defined in op...” : Bugs : OpenStack Object Storage (swift) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1846-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
USN-2704-1: Swift vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
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