CVE-2012-3542

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    CVE-2012-3542

    Published: 5 Sept 2012Last Modified: 28 May 2026

    Summary:

    Details: OpenStack Keystone, as used in OpenStack Folsom before folsom-rc1 and OpenStack Essex (2012.1), allows remote attackers to add an arbitrary user to an arbitrary tenant via a request to update the user's default tenant to the administrative API. NOTE: this identifier was originally incorrectly assigned to an open redirect issue, but the correct identifier for that issue is CVE-2012-3540.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/50467, http://secunia.com/advisories/50494, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1552-1, https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/5438d3b5a219d7c8fa67e66e538d325a61617155, https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/c13d0ba606f7b2bdc609a7f388334e5efec3f3aa, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/30/6, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55326, https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1040626, https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg16282.html

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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