CVEvulnerability

CVE-2013-0270

6.5 MEDIUM Published 2013-04-12 Modified 2026-07-30 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2013-04-12
Last modified
2026-07-30
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-119, CWE-1284

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.

Affected configurations

• openstack keystone (>= 2012.1 <= 2012.1.3) • openstack keystone (>= 2012.2 <= 2012.2.4) • openstack keystone 2013.1

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
  • CWE-1284 Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input weakness

References