CVE-2012-4406
CRITICALOpenStack Swift < 1.7.0 - Remote Code Execution via Unsafe Pickle Deserialization
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (11)
Core 11
Core References
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/openstack/swift/commit/e1ff51c04554d51616d2845f92ab726cb0e5831a
Broken Link vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55420
Release Notes x_refsource_confirm
https://launchpad.net/swift/+milestone/1.7.0
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1379.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79140
Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1006414
Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=854757
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/4
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089472.html
Not Applicable vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0691.html
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/16
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0471
EPSS Percentile
89.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-502
Status
published
Products (9)
fedoraproject/fedora
16
openstack/swift
< 1.7.0
pypi/swift
0 - 1.7.0PyPI
redhat/enterprise_linux_server
5.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server
6.0
redhat/gluster_storage_management_console
2.0
redhat/gluster_storage_server_for_on-premise
2.0
redhat/storage
2.0
redhat/storage_for_public_cloud
2.0
Published
Oct 22, 2012
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026