Vulnerability in OpenStack Neutron
CVE-2015-8914
The 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.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.043 (91.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.043 · newest: 0.043 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- review.openstack.org/ (Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1473 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/10/5 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/10/6 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-009.html (Vendor Advisory)
- review.openstack.org/ (Third Party Advisory)
- bugs.launchpad.net/neutron/+bug/1502933 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- review.openstack.org/ (Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1474 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-8914?
- CVE-2015-8914 is a critical-severity vulnerability in OpenStack Neutron, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2016-06-17.
- How severe is CVE-2015-8914?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2015-8914 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.