Advisory severityMedium6.5Red Hat Linux

Medium [CVE-2013-0270] openstack keystone: denial of service via large http request with long tenant name

This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2013-0270 affecting OpenStack Folsom for RHEL 6, Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens), Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2.

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CVE-2013-0270 Source published Apr 12, 2013Source updated Apr 12, 2013

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CVE-2013-0270

Affected products & platforms

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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. Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 6.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Weakness: CWE-1284. Affected Red Hat products: OpenStack Folsom for RHEL 6; Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens); Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2; Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1; Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0.

Red Hat fixing advisory: RHSA-2013:0708.

Affected versions

No affected-version range was extracted from the source record. The vendor advisory is authoritative — check it before change work.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 17 days ago·verify at source

Fixed versions

openstack-keystone-0:2012.2.3-7.el6ost
RHSA-2013:0708

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 17 days ago·verify at source

Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 17 days ago·verify at source

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