Remote Authentication Vulnerability in OpenStack Object Storage by OpenStack
CVE-2015-1856

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Openstack
Status
Swift
Vendor
CVE Published:
17 April 2015

Summary

OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) prior to version 2.3.0 features a critical access control vulnerability that permits remote authenticated users to exploit permissions related to versioned objects. Specifically, when the 'allow_version' setting is enabled, a malicious user can delete the latest version of any object by merely possessing listing access to the 'x-versions-location' container, thereby compromising data integrity and availability.

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1845.html
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1430645
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015...
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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