Debian: DSA-3583-1: swift-plugin-s3 security update

Date18 May 2016

Posted ByLinuxSecurity Advisories

It was discovered that the swift3 (S3 compatibility) middleware plugin for Swift performed insufficient validation of date headers which might result in replay attacks.

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3583-1                   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
https://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff
May 18, 2016                          https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : swift-plugin-s3
CVE ID         : CVE-2015-8466
Debian Bug     : 822688

It was discovered that the swift3 (S3 compatibility) middleware plugin
for Swift performed insufficient validation of date headers which might
result in replay attacks.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.7-5+deb8u1.

For the testing distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed
in version 1.9-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.9-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your swift-plugin-s3 packages.

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