CVE-2015-5242

Description

OpenStack Swift-on-File (aka Swiftonfile) does not properly restrict use of the pickle Python module when loading metadata, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted extended attribute (xattrs).

References

https://review.openstack.org/#/c/237994/

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1258743

https://access.redhat.com/solutions/1985893

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1918.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3