FKIE_CVE-2013-0270

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2013-04-12 22:55 - Updated: 2026-07-30 14:16
Severity
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
A flaw was found in OpenStack Keystone. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a large HTTP request, specifically by providing a long tenant name when requesting a token. This could lead to a denial of service, consuming excessive CPU and memory resources on the affected system.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0708.htmlThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0708
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0270
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1099025Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=909012Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/7691276b869a86c2b75631d5bede9f61e030d9d8Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/82c87e5638ebaf9f166a9b07a0155291276d6fdcThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://launchpad.net/keystone/grizzly/2013.1Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0708.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1099025Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=909012Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/7691276b869a86c2b75631d5bede9f61e030d9d8Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/82c87e5638ebaf9f166a9b07a0155291276d6fdcThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://launchpad.net/keystone/grizzly/2013.1Patch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
openstack keystone *
openstack keystone *
openstack keystone 2013.1
openstack keystone 2013.1
openstack keystone 2013.1
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