oss-security - [OSSA 2013-022] Swift Denial of Service using superfluous object tombstones (CVE-2013-4155)

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Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 17:48:28 +0200
From: Thierry Carrez <thierry@...nstack.org>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: [OSSA 2013-022] Swift Denial of Service using superfluous object
 tombstones (CVE-2013-4155)

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OpenStack Security Advisory: 2013-022
CVE: CVE-2013-4155
Date: August 7, 2013
Title: Swift Denial of Service using superfluous object tombstones
Reporter: Peter Portante (Red Hat)
Products: Swift
Affects: All versions

Description:
Peter Portante from Red Hat reported a vulnerability in Swift. By
issuing requests with an old X-Timestamp value, an authenticated
attacker can fill an object server with superfluous object tombstones,
which may significantly slow down subsequent requests to that object
server, facilitating a Denial of Service attack against Swift clusters.

Havana (development branch) fix:
https://review.openstack.org/40643

Grizzly fix:
https://review.openstack.org/40645

Folsom fix:
https://review.openstack.org/40646

Note:
The havana fix will be included in the upcoming Swift 1.9.1 release.

References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4155
https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1196932

Regards,

- -- 
Thierry Carrez
OpenStack Vulnerability Management Team
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