UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7960

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7960

    Published: 17 Oct 2014Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-7960
    Aliases:
    USN-2704-1

    Summary:

    Details: OpenStack 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-7960, https://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=141275839830221&w=2, http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-October/000291.html, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0836.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2704-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-7960

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: swift

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.13.1-0ubuntu1.2

    Affected versions

    1.10.0~rc1-0ubuntu1
    1.10.0-0ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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