CVE-2021-40797

Summary

CVECVE-2021-40797
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-09-08 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-09-15 19:01:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in the routes middleware in OpenStack Neutron before 16.4.1, 17.x before 17.2.1, and 18.x before 18.1.1. By making API requests involving nonexistent controllers, an authenticated user may cause the API worker to consume increasing amounts of memory, resulting in API performance degradation or denial of service.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-772

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openstack Neutron All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - [OSSA-2021-006] Neutron: Routes middleware memory leak for nonexistent controllers (CVE-2021-40797) MLIST www.openwall.com
Bug #1942179 “neutron api worker leaks memory when processing re...” : Bugs : neutron MISC launchpad.net
OSSA-2021-006: Routes middleware memory leak for nonexistent controllers — OpenStack Security Advisories 0.0.1.dev242 documentation CONFIRM security.openstack.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 180368 Debian Security Update for neutron (CVE-2021-40797)
  • 199327 Ubuntu Security Notification for OpenStack Neutron Vulnerabilities (USN-6067-1)
  • 240175 Red Hat Update for OpenStack Platform 16.1 (RHSA-2022:0990)
  • 240179 Red Hat Update for OpenStack Platform 16.2 (RHSA-2022:0996)
  • 997504 Python (Pip) Security Update for neutron (GHSA-cpx3-696p-3cw9)
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