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Medium severity · published Apr 12, 2013
CVE-2013-0270
A flaw was found in OpenStack Keystone
6.5
CVSS
3.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.2% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Keystone · Openstack
2012.1 through 2012.1.3; 2012.2 through 2012.2.4; 2013.1; 2013.1; 2013.1 · source: NVD
Affected product
KE
Keystone
Openstack
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0270
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-0270
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0708.html
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0708
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0270
Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1099025
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=909012
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/7691276b869a86c2b75631d5bede9f61e030d9d8
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