Openstack Swift 'WWW-Authenticate' Header Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

BID:68116

Info

Openstack Swift 'WWW-Authenticate' Header Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 68116
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2014-3497
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 06 2014 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 26 2014 06:26PM
Credit: Globo.com Security Team
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Openstack Swift 'WWW-Authenticate' Header Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Openstack Swift is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in an unsuspecting user's browser in the context of the affected site. This may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

OpenStack Swift 1.11.0 through 1.13.1 are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

Openstack Swift 'WWW-Authenticate' Header Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

To exploit this issue an attacker must entice an unsuspecting user to follow a malicious URI.

Solution / Fix

Openstack Swift 'WWW-Authenticate' Header Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

References

Openstack Swift 'WWW-Authenticate' Header Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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