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CVE-2012-5571

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Description

OpenStack Keystone Essex (2012.1) and Folsom (2012.2) does not properly handle EC2 tokens when the user role has been removed from a tenant, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended authorization restrictions by leveraging a token for the removed user role.

References

https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/9d68b40cb9ea818c48152e6c712ff41586ad9653

https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/8735009dc5b895db265a1cd573f39f4acfca2a19

https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/37308dd4f3e33f7bd0f71d83fd51734d1870713b

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80333

https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1064914

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1641-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56726

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/28/6

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/28/5

http://secunia.com/advisories/51436

http://secunia.com/advisories/51423

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1557.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1556.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-December/094286.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-12-18

Updated: 2025-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00606

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