CVE-2015-5242
A flaw was found in the way swiftonfile (gluster-swift) serialized and stored metadata on disk by using Python's pickle module. A remote, authenticated user could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the storage node.
Find out more about CVE-2015-5242 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 6 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Gluster Storage Server 3.1 on RHEL-6 (swiftonfile) | RHSA-2015:1918 | 2015-10-20 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage Server 3.1 on RHEL-7 (swiftonfile) | RHSA-2015:1918 | 2015-10-20 |