Bug 824286 (CVE-2013-2161) - VUL-0: openstack-swift: CVE-2013-2161: Unchecked user input in Swift XML responses
Summary: VUL-0: openstack-swift: CVE-2013-2161: Unchecked user input in Swift XML resp...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: CVE-2013-2161
Product: SUSE Security Incidents
Classification: Novell Products
Component: Incidents (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other Other
: P3 - Medium : Normal
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Deadline: 2013-07-01
Assignee: Security Team bot
QA Contact: Security Team bot
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Whiteboard: maint:released:sle11-sp2:52996
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Reported: 2013-06-11 01:01 UTC by Alexander Bergmann
Modified: 2013-07-05 09:04 UTC (History)
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Comment 3 Swamp Workflow Management 2013-06-11 16:00:08 UTC 
bugbot adjusting priority
Comment 7 Alexander Bergmann 2013-06-17 01:43:06 UTC 
Public now:

https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg24373.html

Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:21:07 +0000
From: Jeremy Stanley
Subject: [OSSA 2013-016] Unchecked user input in Swift XML responses (CVE-2013-2161)

OpenStack Security Advisory: 2013-016
CVE: CVE-2013-2161
Date: June 13, 2013
Title: Unchecked user input in Swift XML responses
Reporter: Alex Gaynor (Rackspace)
Products: Swift
Affects: All versions

Description:
Alex Gaynor from Rackspace reported a vulnerability in XML handling
within Swift account servers. Account strings were unescaped in XML
listings, and an attacker could potentially generate unparsable or
arbitrary XML responses which may be used to leverage other
vulnerabilities in the calling software.

Havana (development branch) fix:
https://review.openstack.org/32905

Grizzly fix:
https://review.openstack.org/32909

Folsom fix:
https://review.openstack.org/32911

Notes:
This fix will be included in the next release.

References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-2161
https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1183884
Comment 8 Swamp Workflow Management 2013-06-17 01:46:19 UTC 
The SWAMPID for this issue is 52995.
This issue was rated as moderate.
Please submit fixed packages until 2013-07-01.
When done, please reassign the bug to security-team@suse.de.
Patchinfo will be handled by security team.
Comment 9 Vincent Untz 2013-06-17 02:26:50 UTC 
Fix submitted for openSUSE 12.3 too: sr#179256.
Comment 10 Swamp Workflow Management 2013-07-01 13:46:19 UTC 
Update released for: openstack-swift, openstack-swift-account, openstack-swift-container, openstack-swift-doc, openstack-swift-object, openstack-swift-proxy, openstack-swift-test, python-swift
Products:
SUSE-CLOUD 1.0 (x86_64)
Comment 11 Marcus Meissner 2013-07-05 08:57:49 UTC 
released
Comment 12 Swamp Workflow Management 2013-07-05 09:04:23 UTC 
openSUSE-SU-2013:1146-1: An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Category: security (moderate)
Bug References: 824286
CVE References: CVE-2013-2161
Sources used:
openSUSE 12.3 (src):    openstack-swift-1.7.4.1+git.1359529903.0ce3e1d-2.8.1, openstack-swift-doc-1.7.4.1+git.1359529903.0ce3e1d-2.8.1