CVE-2012-4456

Summary

CVECVE-2012-4456
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-10-09 15:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe (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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-287 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openstack Keystone All All All All
Application Openstack Keystone 2012.2 milestone1 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Require authz for user role list (bug 1006815) · openstack/keystone@8680549 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Third Party Advisory
Require authz for service CRUD (bug 1006822) · openstack/keystone@1d146f5 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Third Party Advisory
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
Require authz for service CRUD (bug 1006822) · openstack/keystone@24df3ad · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Third Party Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Bug #1006822 “[OSSA 2012-015] API v2.0/OS-KSADM/services, v2.0/O...” : Bugs : Keystone af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net Patch, Third Party Advisory
OpenStack Keystone Token Validation Multiple Security Bypass Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[OSSA 2012-015] Some actions in Keystone admin API do not validate token (CVE-2012-4456) : Mailing list archive : openstack team in Launchpad af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.launchpad.net Patch, Third Party Advisory
861179 – (CVE-2012-4456) CVE-2012-4456 Openstack Keystone 2012.1.1: fails to validate tokens in Admin API af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Bug #1006815 “[OSSA 2012-015] Admin API /v2.0/tenants/{tenant_id...” : Bugs : Keystone af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net Third Party Advisory
Require authz for user role list (bug 1006815) · openstack/keystone@14b136a · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - [OSSA 2012-015] Some actions in Keystone admin API do not validate token (CVE-2012-4456) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
CVE-2012-4456 - Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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