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Red Hat OpenStack 3.0 RHSA-2013-1197 Moderate: Swift Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey September 3, 2013
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Revised openstack-swift components address a significant security vulnerability for Red Hat OpenStack 3.0. It is recommended to perform an upgrade.
Updated openstack-swift packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat OpenStack 3.0

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

Summary

OpenStack Swift () 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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security update moderate threat Red Hat OpenStack openstack-swift

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4155 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

OpenStack 3:
Source:
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


Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:1197-01
Product: Red Hat OpenStack
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1197.html
Issue date: 2013-09-03

Topic

Updated openstack-swift packages that fix one security issue are nowavailable for Red Hat OpenStack 3.0.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderatesecurity impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link inthe References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security update moderate threat Red Hat OpenStack openstack-swift

Relevant Releases Architectures

OpenStack 3 - noarch

Bugs Fixed

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

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