Vulnerabilities > CVE-2015-5223 - Information Exposure vulnerability in Openstack Swift

047910
CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
openstack
CWE-200
nessus

Summary

OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) before 2.4.0 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a PUT tempurl and a DLO object manifest that references an object in another container.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Subverting Environment Variable Values
    The attacker directly or indirectly modifies environment variables used by or controlling the target software. The attacker's goal is to cause the target software to deviate from its expected operation in a manner that benefits the attacker.
  • Footprinting
    An attacker engages in probing and exploration activity to identify constituents and properties of the target. Footprinting is a general term to describe a variety of information gathering techniques, often used by attackers in preparation for some attack. It consists of using tools to learn as much as possible about the composition, configuration, and security mechanisms of the targeted application, system or network. Information that might be collected during a footprinting effort could include open ports, applications and their versions, network topology, and similar information. While footprinting is not intended to be damaging (although certain activities, such as network scans, can sometimes cause disruptions to vulnerable applications inadvertently) it may often pave the way for more damaging attacks.
  • Exploiting Trust in Client (aka Make the Client Invisible)
    An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities in client/server communication channel authentication and data integrity. It leverages the implicit trust a server places in the client, or more importantly, that which the server believes is the client. An attacker executes this type of attack by placing themselves in the communication channel between client and server such that communication directly to the server is possible where the server believes it is communicating only with a valid client. There are numerous variations of this type of attack.
  • Browser Fingerprinting
    An attacker carefully crafts small snippets of Java Script to efficiently detect the type of browser the potential victim is using. Many web-based attacks need prior knowledge of the web browser including the version of browser to ensure successful exploitation of a vulnerability. Having this knowledge allows an attacker to target the victim with attacks that specifically exploit known or zero day weaknesses in the type and version of the browser used by the victim. Automating this process via Java Script as a part of the same delivery system used to exploit the browser is considered more efficient as the attacker can supply a browser fingerprinting method and integrate it with exploit code, all contained in Java Script and in response to the same web page request by the browser.
  • Session Credential Falsification through Prediction
    This attack targets predictable session ID in order to gain privileges. The attacker can predict the session ID used during a transaction to perform spoofing and session hijacking.

Nessus

  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-3451-1.NASL
    descriptionIt was discovered that OpenStack Swift incorrectly handled tempurls. A remote authenticated user in possession of a tempurl key authorized for PUT could retrieve other objects in the same Swift account. (CVE-2015-5223) Romain Le Disez and Orjan Persson discovered that OpenStack Swift incorrectly closed client connections. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-0737, CVE-2016-0738). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id103814
    published2017-10-12
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2017-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/103814
    titleUbuntu 14.04 LTS : swift vulnerabilities (USN-3451-1)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3451-1. The text 
    # itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See 
    # <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered 
    # trademark of Canonical, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(103814);
      script_version("3.5");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/09/18 12:31:47");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2015-5223", "CVE-2016-0737", "CVE-2016-0738");
      script_xref(name:"USN", value:"3451-1");
    
      script_name(english:"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : swift vulnerabilities (USN-3451-1)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for updated packages.");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:
    "The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related
    patches."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "It was discovered that OpenStack Swift incorrectly handled tempurls. A
    remote authenticated user in possession of a tempurl key authorized
    for PUT could retrieve other objects in the same Swift account.
    (CVE-2015-5223)
    
    Romain Le Disez and Orjan Persson discovered that OpenStack Swift
    incorrectly closed client connections. A remote attacker could
    possibly use this issue to consume resources, resulting in a denial of
    service. (CVE-2016-0737, CVE-2016-0738).
    
    Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
    description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable
    has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
    without introducing additional issues."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3451-1/"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected python-swift and / or swift packages."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
      script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-swift");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:swift");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2015/10/26");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/10/11");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/10/12");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2017-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("ubuntu.inc");
    include("misc_func.inc");
    
    if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release");
    if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu");
    release = chomp(release);
    if (! preg(pattern:"^(14\.04)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 14.04", "Ubuntu " + release);
    if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Ubuntu", cpu);
    
    flag = 0;
    
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"14.04", pkgname:"python-swift", pkgver:"1.13.1-0ubuntu1.5")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"14.04", pkgname:"swift", pkgver:"1.13.1-0ubuntu1.5")) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      security_report_v4(
        port       : 0,
        severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
        extra      : ubuntu_report_get()
      );
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "python-swift / swift");
    }
    
  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2016-0328.NASL
    descriptionUpdated openstack-swift packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 update 2 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. OpenStack Object Storage (swift) provides object storage in virtual containers, which allows users to store and retrieve files (arbitrary data). The service
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id89072
    published2016-03-02
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/89072
    titleRHEL 7 : Storage Server (RHSA-2016:0328)
  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2016-0329.NASL
    descriptionUpdated openstack-swift packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 update 2 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. OpenStack Object Storage (swift) provides object storage in virtual containers, which allows users to store and retrieve files (arbitrary data). The service
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id89073
    published2016-03-02
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/89073
    titleRHEL 6 : Storage Server (RHSA-2016:0329)

Redhat

advisories
  • rhsa
    idRHSA-2015:1895
  • rhsa
    idRHSA-2016:0329
rpms
  • openstack-swift-0:1.13.1-7.el6ost
  • openstack-swift-0:1.13.1-7.el7ost
  • openstack-swift-0:2.2.0-5.el7ost
  • openstack-swift-0:2.3.0-2.el7ost
  • openstack-swift-account-0:1.13.1-7.el6ost
  • openstack-swift-account-0:1.13.1-7.el7ost
  • openstack-swift-account-0:2.2.0-5.el7ost
  • openstack-swift-account-0:2.3.0-2.el7ost
  • openstack-swift-container-0:1.13.1-7.el6ost
  • openstack-swift-container-0:1.13.1-7.el7ost
  • openstack-swift-container-0:2.2.0-5.el7ost
  • openstack-swift-container-0:2.3.0-2.el7ost
  • openstack-swift-doc-0:1.13.1-7.el6ost
  • openstack-swift-doc-0:1.13.1-7.el7ost
  • openstack-swift-doc-0:2.2.0-5.el7ost
  • openstack-swift-doc-0:2.3.0-2.el7ost
  • openstack-swift-object-0:1.13.1-7.el6ost
  • openstack-swift-object-0:1.13.1-7.el7ost
  • openstack-swift-object-0:2.2.0-5.el7ost
  • openstack-swift-object-0:2.3.0-2.el7ost
  • openstack-swift-proxy-0:1.13.1-7.el6ost
  • openstack-swift-proxy-0:1.13.1-7.el7ost
  • openstack-swift-proxy-0:2.2.0-5.el7ost
  • openstack-swift-proxy-0:2.3.0-2.el7ost
  • openstack-swift-0:1.13.1-8.el7ost
  • openstack-swift-account-0:1.13.1-8.el7ost
  • openstack-swift-container-0:1.13.1-8.el7ost
  • openstack-swift-doc-0:1.13.1-8.el7ost
  • openstack-swift-object-0:1.13.1-8.el7ost
  • openstack-swift-proxy-0:1.13.1-8.el7ost
  • openstack-swift-0:1.13.1-8.el6ost
  • openstack-swift-account-0:1.13.1-8.el6ost
  • openstack-swift-container-0:1.13.1-8.el6ost
  • openstack-swift-doc-0:1.13.1-8.el6ost
  • openstack-swift-object-0:1.13.1-8.el6ost
  • openstack-swift-proxy-0:1.13.1-8.el6ost