# CVE-2014-0105: python-keystoneclient vulnerable to context confusion in Keystone auth_token middleware

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2014-0105-python-keystoneclient-vulnerable-to-context-confusion-in-keystone  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2014-04-15  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2014-0105 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2014-04-15

The auth_token middleware in the OpenStack Python client library for Keystone (aka python-keystoneclient) before 0.7.0 does not properly retrieve user tokens from memcache, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges in opportunistic circumstances via a large number of requests, related to an "interaction between eventlet and python-memcached."

Technologies: [python-keystoneclient (PyPI)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/python-keystoneclient). Vendors: [PyPI](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/pypi).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2014-0105 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2014-0105 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2014-0105?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 15 April 2014.

**Which products and versions are affected?** python-keystoneclient (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=0.7.0.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2014-0105?** Yes. python-keystoneclient (PyPI): upgrade to 0.7.0 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2014-0105?** Check whether you run python-keystoneclient (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- python-keystoneclient (PyPI): upgrade to 0.7.0 or later

  ```sh
  pip install "python-keystoneclient>=0.7.0"
  ```


## Affected products

- python-keystoneclient (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=0.7.0

## Identifiers

- CVE-2014-0105
- GHSA-gwvq-rgqf-993f
- PYSEC-2014-70

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