CVE-2012-4406 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2012-4406

OpenStack Object Storage (swift) before 1.7.0 uses the loads function...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

swift, fedora, gluster storage management console, gluster storage server for on-premise, storage, storage for public cloud, enterprise linux server
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 16, 2.0, 5.0, 6.0

Timeline

Official Publish: October 22nd, 2012
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.