1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-2001-1

USN-2001-1: Swift vulnerability

Publication date

23 October 2013

Overview

Swift could cause the system to crash if it received specially crafted requests over the network.

Releases

Packages

  • swift - OpenStack distributed virtual object store

Details

Peter Portante discovered that Swift did not properly handle requests with
old X-Timestamp values. An authenticated attacker could exploit this to
cause a denial of service via disk consumption.

Peter Portante discovered that Swift did not properly handle requests with
old X-Timestamp values. An authenticated attacker could exploit this to
cause a denial of service via disk consumption.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
13.04 raring python-swift –  1.8.0-0ubuntu1.3
12.10 quantal python-swift –  1.7.4-0ubuntu2.3
12.04 precise python-swift –  1.4.8-0ubuntu2.3

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