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ubuntu-cve-2014-7960

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2014-10-17 00:00

Modified

2025-09-08 16:43

Summary

Details

OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) before 2.2.0 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the max_meta_count and other metadata constraints via multiple crafted requests which exceed the limit when combined.

Severity

N/A (UNKNOWN)

low

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-7960	REPORT
	https://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=141275839830221&w=2	REPORT
	http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-an…	REPORT
	https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0836.html	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2704-1	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-7960	REPORT

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CVE-2014-7960 (GCVE-0-2014-7960)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-10-17 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 13:03

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

11 references

URL	Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/08/7	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1365350	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1495.html	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0835.html	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/1…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2704-1	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70279	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0836.html	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT

Date Public

2014-09-16 00:00

Show details on NVD website

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usn-2704-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2015-08-06 03:15

Modified

2026-02-10 04:40

Summary

swift vulnerabilities

Details

Rajaneesh Singh discovered Swift does not properly enforce metadata limits. An attacker could abuse this issue to store more metadata than allowed by policy. (CVE-2014-7960)

Clay Gerrard discovered Swift allowed users to delete the latest version of object regardless of object permissions when allow_version is configured. An attacker could use this issue to delete objects. (CVE-2015-1856)

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2704-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-7960	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1856	REPORT

JSON

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

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ubuntu-cve-2014-7960

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2014-7960 (GCVE-0-2014-7960)

usn-2704-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

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Sightings

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