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)

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  "affected": [
    {
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            {
              "id": "CVE-2014-7960",
              "severity": [
                {
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                }
              ]
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            {
              "id": "CVE-2015-1856",
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                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            }
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        }
      },
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        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
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            "binary_version": "1.13.1-0ubuntu1.2"
          },
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          },
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          },
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          },
          {
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          },
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          }
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      },
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            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
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            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
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        "1.10.0-0ubuntu1",
        "1.11.0-0ubuntu2",
        "1.12.0-0ubuntu1",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Rajaneesh Singh discovered Swift does not properly enforce metadata\nlimits. An attacker could abuse this issue to store more metadata than\nallowed by policy. (CVE-2014-7960)\n\nClay Gerrard discovered Swift allowed users to delete the latest version\nof object regardless of object permissions when allow_version is\nconfigured. An attacker could use this issue to delete objects.\n(CVE-2015-1856)\n",
  "id": "USN-2704-1",
  "modified": "2026-02-10T04:40:55Z",
  "published": "2015-08-06T03:15:17Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2704-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-7960"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1856"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "swift vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7960",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1856"
  ]
}



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