OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) before 2.2.0 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the max_meta_count and other metadata constraints via multiple crafted requests which exceed the limit when combined.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) before 2.2.0 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the
    max_meta_count and other metadata constraints via multiple crafted requests which exceed the limit when
    combined. (CVE-2014-7960)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2015:0836 advisory.

    OpenStack Object Storage (swift) provides object storage in virtual     containers, which allows users to store and retrieve files (arbitrary     data). The service's distributed architecture supports horizontal scaling;
    redundancy as failure-proofing is provided through software-based data     replication. Because Object Storage supports asynchronous eventual     consistency replication, it is well suited to multiple data-center     deployment.

    A flaw was found in the metadata constraints in OpenStack Object Storage     (swift). By adding metadata in several separate calls, a malicious user     could bypass the max_meta_count constraint, and store more metadata than     allowed by the configuration. (CVE-2014-7960)

    All users of openstack-swift are advised to upgrade to these updated     packages, which correct this issue. After installing this update, the     OpenStack Object Storage services will be restarted automatically.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2704-1 advisory.

    Rajaneesh Singh discovered Swift does not properly enforce metadata limits. An attacker could abuse this     issue to store more metadata than allowed by policy. (CVE-2014-7960)

    Clay Gerrard discovered Swift allowed users to delete the latest version of object regardless of object     permissions when allow_version is configured. An attacker could use this issue to delete objects.
    (CVE-2015-1856)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
434773	SCA: security update for swift (GHSA-g6x3-55qv-x6p2)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	medium
434773	SCA: security update for swift (GHSA-g6x3-55qv-x6p2)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	medium
210169	RHEL 6 : openstack-swift (RHSA-2015:0836)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
85252	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Swift vulnerabilities (USN-2704-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical

Detections

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CVE-2014-7960

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Tenable Plugins

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