CVE-2013-2161
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
XML injection vulnerability in account/utils.py in OpenStack Swift Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana allows attackers to trigger invalid or spoofed Swift responses via an account name.
Find out more about CVE-2013-2161 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having moderate security impact in OpenStack Essex (1.0) and Openstack Folsom (2.1). A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 5.8 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 3.0 (openstack-swift) | RHSA-2013:0993 | 2013-06-27 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 2.1 | openstack-swift | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 2.1 | gluster-swift | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 2.0 | gluster-swift | Will not fix |
| RHOS Essex Release | openstack-swift | Will not fix |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank Alex Gaynor from Rackspace for reporting this issue.CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation