VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-5242
OpenStack Swift-on-File (aka Swiftonfile) does not properly restrict use of the pickle Python module when loading metadata, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted extended attribute (xattrs).
MEDIUM 6.0EPSS 2.23%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.23%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
OpenStack Swift-on-File (aka Swiftonfile) does not properly restrict use of the pickle Python module when loading metadata, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted extended attribute (xattrs).
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.23% probability · 82th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- redhat/gluster storage
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1918.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/solutions/1985893Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1258743Vendor Advisory
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/237994/
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1918.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/solutions/1985893Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1258743Vendor Advisory
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/237994/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.