CVE-2013-0270

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

12/04/2013

Last modified:

07/04/2026

Description

A flaw was found in OpenStack Keystone. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a large HTTP request, specifically by providing a long tenant name when requesting a token. This could lead to a denial of service, consuming excessive CPU and memory resources on the affected system.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

6.50

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

5.00

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:keystone::::::::	2012.1 (including)	2012.1.3 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:keystone::::::::	2012.2 (including)	2012.2.4 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:keystone:2013.1:milestone1::::::
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:keystone:2013.1:milestone2::::::
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:keystone:2013.1:milestone3::::::

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CVE-2013-0270

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools