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    CVE-2012-4406

    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.

    Published:May 30, 2012
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Oct 22, 2012
    EPSS Score:0.07793
    CVSS Score:9.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Openstack
    Product
    Swift
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Server
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Gluster Storage Management Console
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Gluster Storage Server For On-premise
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Openstack
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Storage
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Storage For Public Cloud

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-586 Object Injection

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    References

    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089472.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1379.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0691.html
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/16
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/4
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55420
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1006414
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=854757
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79140
    https://github.com/openstack/swift/commit/e1ff51c04554d51616d2845f92ab726cb0e5831a
    https://launchpad.net/swift/+milestone/1.7.0
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089472.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1379.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0691.html
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/16
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/4
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55420
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1006414
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=854757
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79140
    https://github.com/openstack/swift/commit/e1ff51c04554d51616d2845f92ab726cb0e5831a
    https://launchpad.net/swift/+milestone/1.7.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High