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title: "CVE-2014-2828\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-2828

Publication date 15 April 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The V3 API in OpenStack Identity (Keystone) 2013.1 before 2013.2.4 and
icehouse before icehouse-rc2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service (CPU consumption) via a large number of the same authentication
method in a request, aka "authentication chaining."

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-2828?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| keystone | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

introduced by 9f812939
starting with 2013.1

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2828)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2828)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-2828)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2828)

### Other references

* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/10/20>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2828>
