CVE-2015-8914

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-8914
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-06-17 15:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe IPTables firewall in OpenStack Neutron before 7.0.4 and 8.0.0 through 8.1.0 allows remote attackers to bypass an intended ICMPv6-spoofing protection mechanism and consequently cause a denial of service or intercept network traffic via a link-local source address.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 9.1 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-254 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary9.1CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary6.4AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openstack Neutron All All All All
Application Openstack Neutron All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug #1502933 “[OSSA-2016-009] ICMPv6 anti-spoofing rules are too...” : Bugs : neutron af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE request for vulnerability in OpenStack Neutron af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE request for vulnerability in OpenStack Neutron af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Gerrit Code Review af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 review.openstack.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Gerrit Code Review af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 review.openstack.org Third Party Advisory
OSSA-2016-009: Neutron IPTables firewall anti-spoof protection bypass — OpenStack Security Advisories 2014.2.0.dev112 documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.openstack.org Vendor Advisory
Gerrit Code Review af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 review.openstack.org Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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