Credentials management in Keystone Client - CVE-2014-0105
Published: February 26, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU86796
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0105
CWE-ID: CWE-255
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges within the application.
The vulnerability exists due to the auth_token middleware in the OpenStack Python client library for Keystone does not properly retrieve user tokens from memcache, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges in opportunistic circumstances via a large number of requests.
Affected software
Keystone Client
How to mitigate CVE-2014-0105
Install updates from vendor's website.
Keystone Client - update to 0.7.0