CVE-2013-0270

Keystone: openstack keystone: denial of service via large http request with long tenant name

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: April 12, 2013 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: July 30, 2026 at 06:22 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsKeystoneOpenStack Platform

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

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.

Affected

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

Remediation

No guide yet

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

CVSS

6.5MEDIUMredhat
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119CWE-1284

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