CVE-2013-0270
MEDIUM6.5EPSS 2.7%OpenStack Keystone Denial of Service vulnerability via a large HTTP request
Published: 5/5/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/keystonefrom 0, < 2013.1.1-2
- PyPI/keystonefrom 0, < 8.0.0a0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References (9)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0270
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-0270
- WEBhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0708.html
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0270
- WEBhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1099025
- WEBhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=909012
- WEBhttps://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/7691276b869a86c2b75631d5bede9f61e030d9d8
- WEBhttps://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/82c87e5638ebaf9f166a9b07a0155291276d6fdc
- WEBhttps://launchpad.net/keystone/grizzly/2013.1