[RHSA-2013:1197-01] Moderate: openstack-swift security update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

 

Synopsis: Moderate: openstack-swift security update

Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:1197-01

Product: Red Hat OpenStack

Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1197.html

Issue date: 2013-09-03

CVE Names: CVE-2013-4155

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1. Summary:

 

Updated openstack-swift packages that fix one security issue are now

available for Red Hat OpenStack 3.0.

 

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.

 

A denial of service flaw in OpenStack Swift allowed attackers to fill the

object server with object tombstones. This could lead to subsequent

requests from legitimate users taking an excessive amount of time.

(CVE-2013-4155)

 

This issue was discovered by Peter Portante of Red Hat.

 

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

packages, which correct this issue. 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/site/articles/11258

 

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

 

991626 - CVE-2013-4155 OpenStack: Swift Denial of Service using superfluous object tombstones

 

6. Package List:

 

OpenStack 3:

 

Source:

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/RHOS/SRPMS/openstack-swift-1.8.0-7.el6ost.src.rpm

 

noarch:

openstack-swift-1.8.0-7.el6ost.noarch.rpm

openstack-swift-account-1.8.0-7.el6ost.noarch.rpm

openstack-swift-container-1.8.0-7.el6ost.noarch.rpm

openstack-swift-doc-1.8.0-7.el6ost.noarch.rpm

openstack-swift-object-1.8.0-7.el6ost.noarch.rpm

openstack-swift-proxy-1.8.0-7.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-2013-4155.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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