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CVE-2012-4406 Detail

Description

OpenStack 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.


Severity



CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  9.8 CRITICAL
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H


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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089472.html Mailing List 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1379.html Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0691.html Not Applicable 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/16 Mailing List 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/4 Mailing List 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55420 Broken Link 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1006414 Issue Tracking  Patch 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=854757 Issue Tracking  Patch 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79140 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://github.com/openstack/swift/commit/e1ff51c04554d51616d2845f92ab726cb0e5831a Patch 
https://launchpad.net/swift/+milestone/1.7.0 Release Notes 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-4406
NVD Published Date:
10/22/2012
NVD Last Modified:
01/24/2024
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.