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title: "CVE-2015-5223\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-5223

Publication date 26 October 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5223?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| swift | 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1.13.1-0ubuntu1.5 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5223?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

Per upstream, fix for 1449212 will not be applied to kilo and
earlier

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| swift | * Upstream:   <https://review.openstack.org/217253> * Upstream:   <https://review.openstack.org/217254> * Upstream:   <https://review.openstack.org/217255> * Upstream:   <https://review.openstack.org/217259> * Upstream:   <https://review.openstack.org/217260> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5223)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5223)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-5223)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5223)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-3451-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-3451-1)
+ OpenStack Swift vulnerabilities
+ 11 October 2017

### Other references

* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/26/5>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5223>