CVE-2012-5571
Description
A flaw was found in OpenStack Keystone. This vulnerability allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended authorization restrictions. This occurs because OpenStack Keystone does not properly handle EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) tokens when a user's role has been removed from a tenant. An attacker can leverage a token associated with a removed user role to gain unauthorized access.
Predictions
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 | 2012.1.1-11 |
| sid | Fixed | 2012.1.1-11 |
| forky | Fixed | 2012.1.1-11 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2012.1.1-11 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2012.1.1-11 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | keystone | <8.0.0a0 | 8.0.0a0 |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-December/094286.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1556.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1557.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51423
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51436
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/28/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/28/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56726
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1641-1
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5571
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1064914
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80333
- https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/37308dd4f3e33f7bd0f71d83fd51734d1870713b
- https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/8735009dc5b895db265a1cd573f39f4acfca2a19
- https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/9d68b40cb9ea818c48152e6c712ff41586ad9653
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5571
- https://github.com/openstack/keystone
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/keystone/PYSEC-2012-35.yaml
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5571
CWEs
CWE-639 CWE-255
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.