🛡️ CVE-2014-2828 — keystone
Description
OpenStack Identity (Keystone) DoS through V3 API authentication chaining
The V3 API in OpenStack Identity (Keystone) 2013.1 before 2013.2.4 and icehouse before icehouse-rc2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large number of the same authentication method in a request, aka "authentication chaining."
How this vulnerability can be exploited
This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.
Weakness class
CVE-2014-2828 is classified as CWE-287: Improper Authentication. The identity of the caller is not established correctly, so an attacker can act as another user.
Affected software
CVE-2014-2828 is recorded against 1 package.
- keystone (fixed in 8.0.0a0)
Timeline and source
Published on 17 May 2022 and last revised on 13 April 2025. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
bugs.launchpad.net (Web)
github.com (Package)
github.com (Web)
rhn.redhat.com (Web)
www.openwall.com (Web)
Details
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| keystone | — | 8.0.0a0 |
References
Similar Threats
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- High CVE-2012-3542
- Unknown CVE-2012-4413
- High CVE-2012-5563
- Unknown CVE-2012-5571
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