Description
OpenStack Keystone Essex 2012.1.3 and earlier, Folsom 2012.2.3 and earlier, and Grizzly grizzly-2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) via many invalid token requests that trigger excessive generation of log entries.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | keystone | 2012.1.1-12 | — |
| Debian 13 | keystone | 2012.1.1-12 | — |
| Debian 12 | keystone | 2012.1.1-12 | — |
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack 2 | python-keystone +2 | 2012.2.1-3.el6ost | RHSA-2013:0253 |
Advisories 1
- RHSA-2013:0253 Red Hat Security Advisory: openstack-keystone security and bug fix update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Aug 8, 2026
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=906171
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1098307
- FEDORA-2013-2168 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2013:0253 vendor-advisory
- USN-1715-1 vendor-advisory
- 57747 vdb-entry