CVE-2014-2828

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-2828
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-04-15 14:55:04 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe V3 API in OpenStack Identity (Keystone) 2013.1 before 2013.2.4 and icehouse before icehouse-rc2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large number of the same authentication method in a request, aka "authentication chaining."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-287 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openstack Keystone 2013.1 All All All
Application Openstack Keystone 2013.1.1 All All All
Application Openstack Keystone 2013.1.2 All All All
Application Openstack Keystone 2013.1.3 All All All
Application Openstack Keystone 2013.2 All All All
Application Openstack Keystone 2013.2.1 All All All
Application Openstack Keystone 2013.2.2 All All All
Application Openstack Keystone 2013.2.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
oss-security - [OSSA 2014-013] Keystone DoS through V3 API authentication chaining (CVE-2014-2828) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Bug #1300274 “[0SSA 2014-013] V3 Authentication Chaining - uniqu...” : Bugs : OpenStack Identity (keystone) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net
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