OpenStack Swift-on-File Pickle Python Module code injection

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A vulnerability was found in OpenStack Swift-on-File (Cloud Software) (version now known). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Pickle Python Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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).

The weakness was released 11/25/2015 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at review.openstack.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-5242 since 07/01/2015. The attack may be launched remotely. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86523 (RHEL 6 / 7 : swiftonfile (RHSA-2015:1918)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (86523).

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 86523
Nessus Name: RHEL 6 / 7 : swiftonfile (RHSA-2015:1918)
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10/20/2015 +111 days 🔍
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11/25/2015 +34 days 🔍
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11/26/2015 +1 days 🔍
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Vendor: openstack.org

Advisory: RHSA-2015:1918
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CVE: CVE-2015-5242 (🔍)

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Created: 11/26/2015 10:16 AM
Updated: 06/27/2022 06:07 PM
Changes: 11/26/2015 10:16 AM (47), 04/18/2018 01:49 PM (10), 06/27/2022 06:07 PM (3)
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