CVE-2012-4406

high-risk
Published 2012-10-22

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.

Do I need to act?

~
4.7% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (8)

Swift
Gluster Storage Management Console

Affected Vendors

Redhat Fedoraproject Openstack

References (22)

Mailing List http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089472.ht...
Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1379.html
Not Applicable http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0691.html
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/16
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/4
Broken Link http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55420
Issue Tracking https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1006414
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=854757
Third Party Advisory https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79140
Patch https://github.com/openstack/swift/commit/e1ff51c04554d51616d2845f92ab726cb0e583...
Release Notes https://launchpad.net/swift/+milestone/1.7.0
Mailing List http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089472.ht...
Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1379.html
Not Applicable http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0691.html
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/16
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/4
Broken Link http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55420
Issue Tracking https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1006414
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=854757
Third Party Advisory https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79140
and 2 more references
54
/ 100
high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 8/34 · Low
Exposure 14/34 · Moderate