CVE-2021-40085

Summary

CVECVE-2021-40085
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-08-31 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-06-13 19:56:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in OpenStack Neutron before 16.4.1, 17.x before 17.2.1, and 18.x before 18.1.1. Authenticated attackers can reconfigure dnsmasq via a crafted extra_dhcp_opts value.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 11.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Openstack Neutron All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 3027-1] neutron security update MLIST lists.debian.org
OSSA-2021-005: Arbitrary dnsmasq reconfiguration via extra_dhcp_opts — OpenStack Security Advisories 0.0.1.dev241 documentation MISC security.openstack.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2781-1] neutron security update MLIST lists.debian.org
oss-security - [OSSA-2021-005] Neutron: Arbitrary dnsmasq reconfiguration via extra_dhcp_opts (CVE-2021-40085) MLIST www.openwall.com
Bug #1939733 “[OSSA-2021-005] Arbitrary dnsmasq reconfiguration ...” : Bugs : neutron MISC launchpad.net
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4983-1 neutron DEBIAN www.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 178820 Debian Security Update for neutron (DSA 4983-1)
  • 178836 Debian Security Update for neutron (DLA 2781-1)
  • 179321 Debian Security Update for neutron (DLA 3027-1)
  • 182336 Debian Security Update for neutron (CVE-2021-40085)
  • 199327 Ubuntu Security Notification for OpenStack Neutron Vulnerabilities (USN-6067-1)
  • 239622 Red Hat Update for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (openstack-neutron) (RHSA-2021:3503)
  • 239623 Red Hat Update for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 (openstack-neutron) (RHSA-2021:3502)
  • 239634 Red Hat Update for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1 (openstack-neutron) (RHSA-2021:3481)
  • 239640 Red Hat Update for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 (openstack-neutron) (RHSA-2021:3488)
  • 997506 Python (Pip) Security Update for neutron (GHSA-fh73-gjvg-349c)
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