CVE-2015-1856
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) before 2.3.0, when allow_version is configured, allows remote authenticated users to delete the latest version of an object by leveraging listing access to the x-versions-location container.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Ubuntu Affected 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 15.04 | Affected | — |
| 14.04 | Affected | — |
| 12.04 | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2.2.0-2 |
| sid | Fixed | 2.2.0-2 |
| forky | Fixed | 2.2.0-2 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.2.0-2 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2.2.0-2 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | swift | <2.3.0 | 2.3.0 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| openstack | swift | {"endIncluding":"2.2.2"} | |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163113.html
- http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2015-April/000349.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00025.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1681.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1684.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1845.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1846.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74182
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2704-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1430645
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1856
- https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/swift/commit/?id=5bb7c286ebb4a54e4d2bd5a02845644d1c651183
- https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/swift/commit/?id=85afe9316570855c87ea731d0627f6f8f2b73264
- https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/swift/commit/?id=dd9d97458ea007024220a78dba8dd663e8b425d7
- https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/swift/commit/?id=f6525758ab2456d688430699338993439597a789
- https://github.com/openstack/swift
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1856
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.