Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 26, 2012· Updated Apr 29, 2026

CVE-2012-5483

Description

tools/sample_data.sh in OpenStack Keystone 2012.1.3, when access to Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is configured, uses world-readable permissions for /etc/keystone/ec2rc, which allows local users to obtain access to EC2 services by reading administrative access and secret values from this file.

Affected products

OpenStack/Keystone
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:keystone:2012.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-December/094286.htmlnvd
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1556.htmlnvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/56888nvd
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80612nvd

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