CVE-2012-4456

N/A
Published: October 9, 2012 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:45 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorKeystone

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%

Description

The (1) OS-KSADM/services and (2) tenant APIs in OpenStack Keystone Essex before 2012.1.2 and Folsom before folsom-2 do not properly validate X-Auth-Token, which allow remote attackers to read the roles for an arbitrary user or get, create, or delete arbitrary services.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

2012.1 ≤ v < 2012.1.22012.2 milestone1
Affected range stops below 2012.1.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (12)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50665
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/28/5
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55716
x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1006815
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1006822
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861179
VDB Entryx_refsource_XFThird Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78944

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-287

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