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MEDIUM CVSS 2.0
CVE-2013-0270
OpenStack Keystone Critical Information Disclosure and Denial of Service
Description

OpenStack Keystone Grizzly before 2013.1, Folsom, and possibly earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a large HTTP request, as demonstrated by a long tenant_name when requesting a token.

INFO

Published Date :

April 12, 2013, 10:55 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 11, 2025, 12:51 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2013-0270 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Openstack keystone
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2013-0270.

URL Resource
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0708.html Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1099025 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=909012 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/7691276b869a86c2b75631d5bede9f61e030d9d8 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/82c87e5638ebaf9f166a9b07a0155291276d6fdc Third Party Advisory
https://launchpad.net/keystone/grizzly/2013.1 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0708.html Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1099025 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=909012 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/7691276b869a86c2b75631d5bede9f61e030d9d8 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/82c87e5638ebaf9f166a9b07a0155291276d6fdc Third Party Advisory
https://launchpad.net/keystone/grizzly/2013.1 Patch Third Party Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2013-0270 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2013-0270 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers CAPEC-123: Buffer Manipulation Buffer Manipulation

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2013-0270 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2013-0270 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0708.html
    Added Reference https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1099025
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=909012
    Added Reference https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/7691276b869a86c2b75631d5bede9f61e030d9d8
    Added Reference https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/82c87e5638ebaf9f166a9b07a0155291276d6fdc
    Added Reference https://launchpad.net/keystone/grizzly/2013.1
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 16, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=909012 Vendor Advisory https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=909012 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1099025 No Types Assigned https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1099025 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0708.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0708.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/7691276b869a86c2b75631d5bede9f61e030d9d8 No Types Assigned https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/7691276b869a86c2b75631d5bede9f61e030d9d8 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://launchpad.net/keystone/grizzly/2013.1 Patch https://launchpad.net/keystone/grizzly/2013.1 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/82c87e5638ebaf9f166a9b07a0155291276d6fdc No Types Assigned https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/82c87e5638ebaf9f166a9b07a0155291276d6fdc Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:folsom:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2012.1.3 *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:folsom:2012.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:grizzly:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2012.2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:keystone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2012.1 up to (including) 2012.1.3 *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:keystone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2012.2 up to (including) 2012.2.4 *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:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 15, 2013

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 5
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.81 }} -0.68%

score

0.81199

percentile