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CVE-2014-8177

swiftonfile: gluster-swift metadata constraints are not correctly enforced

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4

CVSS 2.0

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Published · August 21, 2015

Updated · August 8, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the metadata constraints in Red Hat Gluster Storage's OpenStack Object Storage (swiftonfile). By adding metadata in several separate calls, a malicious user could bypass the max_meta_count constraint, and store more metadata than allowed by the configuration.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 4
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling