CVE-2014-5252 OpenStack Identity (Keystone) UUID v2 tokens does not expire with revocation events

What is CVE-2014-5252?

CVE-2014-5252 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 25 Aug 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The V3 API in OpenStack Identity (Keystone) 2014.1.x before 2014.1.2.1 and Juno before Juno-3 updates the issued_at value for UUID v2 tokens, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass the token expiration and retain access via a verification (1) GET or (2) HEAD request to v3/auth/tokens/.

Weakness: CWE-255

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-5252?

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

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Openstack Keystone.

How do I fix CVE-2014-5252?

Upgrade keystone to 8.0.0a0 or later.

Is CVE-2014-5252 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-5252 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5252, GHSA-v8fq-gq9j-3v7h, PYSEC-2014-108, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5252.