CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2012-5571

Published: Dec 18, 2012 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
3.5 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
EssexOpenstack2012.1 (including)2012.1 (including)
FolsomOpenstack2012.2 (including)2012.2 (including)
KeystoneUbuntuoneiric*
KeystoneUbuntuprecise*
KeystoneUbuntuquantal*
KeystoneUbuntuupstream*

References