CVE-2012-3542
Description
OpenStack Keystone, as used in OpenStack Folsom before folsom-rc1 and OpenStack Essex (2012.1), allows remote attackers to add an arbitrary user to an arbitrary tenant via a request to update the user's default tenant to the administrative API. NOTE: this identifier was originally incorrectly assigned to an open redirect issue, but the correct identifier for that issue is CVE-2012-3540.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2012.1.1-5 |
| sid | Fixed | 2012.1.1-5 |
| forky | Fixed | 2012.1.1-5 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2012.1.1-5 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2012.1.1-5 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50467
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50494
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/30/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55326
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1552-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1040626
- https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/5438d3b5a219d7c8fa67e66e538d325a61617155
- https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/c13d0ba606f7b2bdc609a7f388334e5efec3f3aa
- https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg16282.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3542
- https://github.com/openstack/keystone
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/keystone/PYSEC-2012-19.yaml
- https://web.archive.org/web/20121114023909/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55326
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140802052724/http://secunia.com/advisories/50467
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140804204333/http://secunia.com/advisories/50494
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3542
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.