CVE-2012-4457 (GCVE-0-2012-4457)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-10-09 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:35
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
OpenStack 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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
8 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/50665 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861180 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg17035.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/28/6 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55716 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/5373… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/4ebf… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Date Public
2012-04-26 00:00
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