CVE-2015-8466
Publication date 13 January 2016
Last updated 18 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
Swift3 before 1.9 allows remote attackers to conduct replay attacks via an Authorization request that lacks a Date header.
From the Ubuntu Security Team
It was discovered that Swift3 did not properly validate the Date and x-amz-date headers when an Authorization header was specified. An attacker could use this vulnerability to conduct a replay attack and potentialy expose sensitive information.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| swift-plugin-s3 | 25.10 questing | Not in release |
| 25.04 plucky | Not in release | |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Vulnerable
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| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Fixed 1.7-5+deb8u1build0.14.04.1~esm1
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| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
7.4 · High
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | High |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | None |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |