CVE-2012-4406
Detail
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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.
Metrics
CVSS Version 4.0
CVSS Version 3.x
CVSS Version 2.0
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:
NVD assessment
not yet provided.
CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:
Vector:
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
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URL
Source(s)
Tag(s)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089472.html
CVE, Inc., Red Hat
Mailing List
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1379.html
CVE, Inc., Red Hat
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0691.html
CVE, Inc., Red Hat
Not Applicable
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/16
CVE, Inc., Red Hat
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/4
CVE, Inc., Red Hat
Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55420
CVE, Inc., Red Hat
Broken Link
https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1006414
CVE, Inc., Red Hat
Issue Tracking
Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=854757
CVE, Inc., Red Hat
Issue Tracking
Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79140
CVE, Inc., Red Hat
Third Party Advisory
VDB Entry
https://github.com/openstack/swift/commit/e1ff51c04554d51616d2845f92ab726cb0e5831a
CVE, Inc., Red Hat
Patch
https://launchpad.net/swift/+milestone/1.7.0
CVE, Inc., Red Hat
Release Notes
Weakness Enumeration
CWE-ID
CWE Name
Source
CWE-502
Deserialization of Untrusted Data
NIST
Change History
7 change records found show changes
CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 8:42:49 PM
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Reference
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089472.html
Added
Reference
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1379.html
Added
Reference
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0691.html
Added
Reference
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/16
Added
Reference
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/4
Added
Reference
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55420
Added
Reference
https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1006414
Added
Reference
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=854757
Added
Reference
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79140
Added
Reference
https://github.com/openstack/swift/commit/e1ff51c04554d51616d2845f92ab726cb0e5831a
Added
Reference
https://launchpad.net/swift/+milestone/1.7.0
CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 5/13/2024 10:46:18 PM
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Modified Analysis by NIST 1/24/2024 9:13:29 PM
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CVSS V3.1
NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Added
CWE
NIST CWE-502
Removed
CWE
NIST CWE-94
Changed
CPE Configuration
OR
*cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.1.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.2.0:gamma1:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.3.0:gamma1:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.3.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.6.0
OR
*cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.7.0
Added
CPE Configuration
OR
*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:gluster_storage_management_console:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:gluster_storage_server_for_on-premise:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:storage:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:storage_for_public_cloud:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Added
CPE Configuration
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Changed
Reference Type
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089472.html No Types Assigned
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089472.html Mailing List
Changed
Reference Type
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1379.html No Types Assigned
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1379.html Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0691.html No Types Assigned
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0691.html Not Applicable
Changed
Reference Type
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/16 No Types Assigned
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/16 Mailing List
Changed
Reference Type
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/4 No Types Assigned
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/4 Mailing List
Changed
Reference Type
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55420 No Types Assigned
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55420 Broken Link
Changed
Reference Type
https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1006414 No Types Assigned
https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1006414 Issue Tracking, Patch
Changed
Reference Type
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=854757 No Types Assigned
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=854757 Issue Tracking, Patch
Changed
Reference Type
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79140 No Types Assigned
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79140 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed
Reference Type
https://github.com/openstack/swift/commit/e1ff51c04554d51616d2845f92ab726cb0e5831a No Types Assigned
https://github.com/openstack/swift/commit/e1ff51c04554d51616d2845f92ab726cb0e5831a Patch
Changed
Reference Type
https://launchpad.net/swift/+milestone/1.7.0 No Types Assigned
https://launchpad.net/swift/+milestone/1.7.0 Release Notes
CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 2/12/2023 11:34:29 PM
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Description
CVE-2012-4406 Openstack-Swift: insecure use of python pickle()
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.
Removed
CVSS V2
Red Hat, Inc. (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Removed
Reference
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1379 [No Types Assigned]
Removed
Reference
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0691 [No Types Assigned]
Removed
Reference
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4406 [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 2/02/2023 1:16:14 PM
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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.
CVE-2012-4406 Openstack-Swift: insecure use of python pickle()
Added
CVSS V2
Red Hat, Inc. (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Added
Reference
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1379 [No Types Assigned]
Added
Reference
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0691 [No Types Assigned]
Added
Reference
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4406 [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 8/28/2017 9:32:17 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
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Reference
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79140 [No Types Assigned]
Removed
Reference
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/79140 [No Types Assigned]
Initial CVE Analysis 10/23/2012 12:16:00 PM
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Quick Info
CVE Dictionary Entry: CVE-2012-4406 NVD
Published Date: 10/22/2012 NVD
Last Modified: 04/10/2025
Source: Red Hat, Inc.
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