CVE-2012-3542

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-3542
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-09-05 23:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionOpenStack 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openstack Essex 2012.1 All All All
Application Openstack Horizon folsom-3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory SA50467 - OpenStack Keystone Tenant Update Security Bypass Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
oss-security - [OSSA 2012-013] Keystone, Lack of authorization for adding users to tenants (CVE-2012-3542) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
OpenStack Keystone CVE-2012-3542 Unauthorized Access Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Require authz to update user's tenant (bug 1040626) · 5438d3b · openstack/keystone · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch
Require authz to update user's tenant (bug 1040626) · c13d0ba · openstack/keystone · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch
USN-1552-1: OpenStack Keystone vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
[OSSA 2012-013] Keystone, Lack of authorization for adding users to tenants (CVE-2012-3542) : Mailing list archive : openstack team in Launchpad af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.launchpad.net
Security Advisory SA50494 - Ubuntu update for keystone - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Bug #1040626 “[OSSA 2012-013] Update user's default tenant parti...” : Bugs : Keystone af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net
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