CVE-2012-1572

Publication date 27 March 2012

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

Description

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

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
keystone 12.10 quantal
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
11.10 oneiric Ignored
11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release

Notes

jdstrand

Keystone on 11.10 is a pre-release version and unusable with other components such as nova and horizon

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
keystone

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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