Description
OpenStack Swift before 1.9.1 in Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana allows authenticated users to cause a denial of service ("superfluous" tombstone consumption and Swift cluster slowdown) via a DELETE request with a timestamp that is older than expected.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | swift | 1.8.0-7 | — |
| Debian 13 | swift | 1.8.0-7 | — |
| Debian 12 | swift | 1.8.0-7 | — |
| Debian 7 | swift | 1.4.8-2+deb7u1 | DSA-2737-1 |
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack 3 | openstack-swift +5 | 1.8.0-7.el6ost | RHSA-2013:1197 |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | swift | < 1.9.1 | 1.9.1 | GHSA-wxx2-gqvv-34hx |
Advisories 2
- RHSA-2013:1197 Red Hat Security Advisory: openstack-swift security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Aug 1, 2026
- DSA-2737-1 swift - several Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1196932
- DSA-2737 vendor-advisory
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/40646/
- [oss-security] 20130807 [OSSA 2013-022] Swift Denial of Service using superfluous object tombstones (CVE-2013-4155) mailing-list
- USN-2001-1 vendor-advisory
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/40645/
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/40643/
- RHSA-2013:1197 vendor-advisory