CVE-2013-0270 (GCVE-0-2013-0270)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2013-04-12 22:00
Modified
2026-04-07 06:55
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VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-1284 - Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
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| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) |
cpe:/a:redhat:openstack:13 |
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Nomenclature
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