[RHSA-2016:0155-01] Moderate: openstack-swift security update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

 

Synopsis: Moderate: openstack-swift security update

Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:0155-01

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform

Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0155.html

Issue date: 2016-02-09

CVE Names: CVE-2016-0737 CVE-2016-0738

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1. Summary:

 

Updated openstack-swift packages that fix two security issues are now

available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0.

 

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate

security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base

score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the

CVE link in the References section.

 

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7 - noarch

 

3. Description:

 

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 memory-leak issue was found in OpenStack Object Storage (swift), in the

proxy-to-server connection. An OpenStack-authenticated attacker could

remotely trigger this flaw to cause denial of service through excess memory

consumption. (CVE-2016-0738)

 

A memory-leak issue was found in OpenStack Object Storage (swift), in the

client-to-proxy connection. An OpenStack-authenticated attacker could

remotely trigger this flaw to cause denial of service through excess memory

consumption. (CVE-2016-0737)

 

Red Hat would like to thank the OpenStack project for reporting these

issues. Upstream acknowledges Romain Le Disez from OVH and Örjan Persson

from Kiliaro as the original reporters.

 

All users of openstack-swift are advised to upgrade to these updated

packages, which correct these issues. After installing this update, the

OpenStack Object Storage services will be restarted automatically.

 

4. Solution:

 

Before applying this update, ensure all previously released errata

relevant to your system have been applied.

 

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

 

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

 

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

 

1298905 - CVE-2016-0738 openstack-swift: Proxy to server DoS through Large Objects

1298924 - CVE-2016-0737 openstack-swift: Client to proxy DoS through Large Objects

 

6. Package List:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7:

 

Source:

openstack-swift-2.3.0-3.el7ost.src.rpm

 

noarch:

openstack-swift-2.3.0-3.el7ost.noarch.rpm

openstack-swift-account-2.3.0-3.el7ost.noarch.rpm

openstack-swift-container-2.3.0-3.el7ost.noarch.rpm

openstack-swift-doc-2.3.0-3.el7ost.noarch.rpm

openstack-swift-object-2.3.0-3.el7ost.noarch.rpm

openstack-swift-proxy-2.3.0-3.el7ost.noarch.rpm

 

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and

details on how to verify the signature are available from

https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/

 

7. References:

 

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0737

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0738

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

 

8. Contact:

 

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact

details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

 

Copyright 2016 Red Hat, Inc.

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