Credentials management in Keystone Client - CVE-2014-0105

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Credentials management in Keystone Client - CVE-2014-0105

Published: February 26, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU86796
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0105
CWE-ID: CWE-255
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Keystone Client
Software vendor:
Openstack

Description

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.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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