What is CVE-2012-1572?

CVE-2012-1572 is a high-severity vulnerability in Keystone, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-11-12.

How severe is CVE-2012-1572?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Keystone

CVE-2012-1572

OpenStack Keystone: extremely long passwords can crash Keystone by exhausting stack space

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.012 (64.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Keystone — versions 2014.1.3
Openstack Keystone
Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0, 9.0, 10.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
secalert@redhat.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-1572?: CVE-2012-1572 is a high-severity vulnerability in Keystone, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-11-12.
How severe is CVE-2012-1572?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.