CVE-2013-0270
OpenStack Keystone Denial of Service vulnerability via a large HTTP request
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.7%
Description
A flaw was found in OpenStack Keystone. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a large HTTP request, specifically by providing a long tenant name when requesting a token. This could lead to a denial of service, consuming excessive CPU and memory resources on the affected system.
How to fix CVE-2013-0270
To remediate CVE-2013-0270, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2013.1.1-2 or later
- —upgrade to 8.0.0a0 or later
Is CVE-2013-0270 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2013.1.1-2
- from 0, < 8.0.0a0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |