CVE-2012-4457

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-4457
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-10-09 15:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionOpenStack Keystone Essex before 2012.1.2 and Folsom before folsom-3 does not properly handle authorization tokens for disabled tenants, which allows remote authenticated users to access the tenant's resources by requesting a token for the tenant.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-287 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openstack Keystone All All All All
Application Openstack Keystone 2012.2 milestone1 All All
Application Openstack Keystone 2012.2 milestone2 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Raise unauthorized if tenant disabled (bug 988920) · openstack/keystone@5373601 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Third Party Advisory
[OSSA 2012-016] Token authorization for a user in a disabled tenant is allowed (CVE-2012-4457) : Mailing list archive : openstack team in Launchpad af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.launchpad.net Third Party Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
OpenStack Keystone Token Validation Multiple Security Bypass Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
861180 – (CVE-2012-4457) CVE-2012-4457 OpenStack Keystone 2012.1.1: fails to raise Unauthorized user error for disabled tenant af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Raise unauthorized if tenant disabled (bug 988920) · openstack/keystone@4ebfdfa · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - [OSSA 2012-016] Token authorization for a user in a disabled tenant is allowed (CVE-2012-4457) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 996740 Python (Pip) Security Update for Keystone (GHSA-x8h4-xf47-pqc3)

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