Critical severity · published Oct 22, 2012
CVE-2012-4406
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…
9.8
CVSS
6.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)6.6% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
5.0; 6.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
16 · source: NVD
GS
Gluster Storage Management Console · Redhat
2.0 · source: NVD
GS
Gluster Storage Server For On-premise · Redhat
2.0 · source: NVD
ST
Storage · Redhat
2.0 · source: NVD
SF
Storage For Public Cloud · Redhat
2.0 · source: NVD
SW
Swift · Openstack
before 1.7.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4406
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4406
Mailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089472.html
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
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