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CVE-2012-4406

OpenStack Object Storage (swift) before 1.7.0 uses the loads function in the pickle Python module unsafely when storing and loading metadata in memcached, whic…

Impact

OpenStack Object Storage (swift) before 1.7.0 uses the loads function in the pickle Python module unsafely when storing and loading metadata in memcached, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted pickle object.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
OpenstackSwift
before 1.7.0
FedoraprojectFedora
Version 16
RedhatGluster Storage Management Console
Version 2.0
RedhatGluster Storage Server For On-Premise
Version 2.0
RedhatStorage
Version 2.0
RedhatStorage For Public Cloud
Version 2.0
RedhatEnterprise Linux Server
Versions 5.0, 6.0

Weakness classification

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