CVE-2013-2014 OpenStack Identity (Keystone) Denial of Service

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service in OpenStack Identity by sending multiple long requests, leading to memory consumption and crashes.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2013-2014?

CVE-2013-2014 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 2 Jun 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

OpenStack Identity (Keystone) before 2013.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and crash) via multiple long requests.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-2014?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including keystone. It affects 2 products.

PackageAffectedFixed in
keystone PyPIAll versions8.0.0a0
keystone PyPIAll versions8.0.0a0
keystone PyPIAll versions8.0.0a0

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Openstack Keystone.

How do I fix CVE-2013-2014?

Upgrade keystone to 8.0.0a0 or later.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2013-2014 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2014 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-2014, GHSA-7332-36h8-8jh8, PYSEC-2026-651.

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