--- title: "CVE-2012-3426\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-3426?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2012-3426 Publication date 27 July 2012 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Low** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description OpenStack Keystone before 2012.1.1, as used in OpenStack Folsom before Folsom-1 and OpenStack Essex, does not properly implement token expiration, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended authorization restrictions by (1) creating new tokens through token chaining, (2) leveraging possession of a token for a disabled user account, or (3) leveraging possession of a token for an account with a changed password. [Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-3426?format=md#notes) ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | keystone | 12.10 quantal | Not affected | | 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 2012.1+stable~20120824-a16a0ab9-0ubuntu2.1 | | 11.10 oneiric | Ignored | | 11.04 natty | Not in release | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) * [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-3426?format=md#patch-details) ## Notes --- ### [tyhicks](https://launchpad.net/~tyhicks) Fixed in Keystone 2012.1.1 stable update and the Folsom-1 development milestone --- ### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~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?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) | Package | Patch details | | --- | --- | | keystone | * Upstream: [375838c](http://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/375838cfceb88cacc312ff6564e64eb18ee6a355) * Upstream: [628149b](http://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/628149b3dc6b58b91fd08e6ca8d91c728ccb8626) * Upstream: [a67b248](http://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/a67b24878a6156eab17b9098fa649f0279256f5d) * Upstream: [29e74e7](http://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/29e74e73a6e51cffc0371b32354558391826a4aa) * Upstream: [d960043](http://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/d9600434da14976463a0bd03abd8e0309f0db454) * Upstream: [ea03d05](http://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/ea03d05ed5de0c015042876100d37a6a14bf56de) | ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3426) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3426) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-3426) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3426) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-1552-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1552-1) + OpenStack Keystone vulnerabilities + 3 September 2012 ### Other references *