[RHSA-2013:0993-01] Moderate: openstack-swift security and bug fix update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

 

Synopsis: Moderate: openstack-swift security and bug fix update

Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:0993-01

Product: Red Hat OpenStack

Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0993.html

Issue date: 2013-06-27

CVE Names: CVE-2013-2161

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1. Summary:

 

Updated openstack-swift packages that fix one security issue and one bug

are now available for Red Hat OpenStack 3.0 (Grizzly) Preview.

 

The Red Hat Security Response Team 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:

 

OpenStack 3 - noarch

 

3. Description:

 

OpenStack Swift (http://swift.openstack.org) is a highly available,

distributed, eventually consistent object/blob store.

 

An XML injection flaw in OpenStack Swift could allow remote attackers

to manipulate the contents of XML responses via specially-crafted data.

This could be used to trigger a denial of service. (CVE-2013-2161)

 

Red Hat would like to thank Alex Gaynor from Rackspace for reporting this

issue.

 

This update also fixes the following bug:

 

* If permissions on the "/etc/swift/" directory were incorrect, services

(such as swift-proxy-server) flooded the console and "/var/log/messages"

with "UNCAUGHT EXCEPTION" errors, including a traceback and "Permission

denied: '/etc/swift/proxy-server.conf'" message. This could occur when

restarting a service or up[censored] the packages. (BZ#967631)

 

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

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

OpenStack Swift services will be restarted automatically.

 

4. Solution:

 

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata

relevant to your system have been applied.

 

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to

use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

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

 

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

 

967631 - swift keeps spamming console when it cannot access config.

972988 - CVE-2013-2161 OpenStack Swift: Unchecked user input in Swift XML responses

 

6. Package List:

 

OpenStack 3:

 

Source:

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/RHOS/SRPMS/openstack-swift-1.8.0-6.el6ost.src.rpm

 

noarch:

openstack-swift-1.8.0-6.el6ost.noarch.rpm

openstack-swift-account-1.8.0-6.el6ost.noarch.rpm

openstack-swift-container-1.8.0-6.el6ost.noarch.rpm

openstack-swift-doc-1.8.0-6.el6ost.noarch.rpm

openstack-swift-object-1.8.0-6.el6ost.noarch.rpm

openstack-swift-proxy-1.8.0-6.el6ost.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/#package

 

7. References:

 

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-2161.html

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 2013 Red Hat, Inc.

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