CVE-2012-4456
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
The (1) OS-KSADM/services and (2) tenant APIs in OpenStack Keystone Essex before 2012.1.2 and Folsom before folsom-2 do not properly validate X-Auth-Token, which allow remote attackers to read the roles for an arbitrary user or get, create, or delete arbitrary services.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2012.1.1-9 |
| sid | Fixed | 2012.1.1-9 |
| forky | Fixed | 2012.1.1-9 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2012.1.1-9 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2012.1.1-9 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | keystone | >=2012.1,<2012.1.2 | 2012.1.2 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50665
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/28/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55716
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1006815
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1006822
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861179
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78944
- https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/14b136aed9d988f5a8f3e699bd4577c9b874d6c1
- https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/1d146f5c32e58a73a677d308370f147a3271c2cb
- https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/24df3adb3f50cbb5ada411bc67aba8a781e6a431
- https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/868054992faa45d6f42d822bf1588cb88d7c9ccb
- https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg17034.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4456
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1378
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4456
- https://github.com/openstack/keystone
- https://web.archive.org/web/20121114024512/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55716
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4456
CWEs
CWE-287
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.