CVE-2015-8914

critical

Description

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.

References

Advisories
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https://review.openstack.org/#/c/310652/

https://review.openstack.org/#/c/310648/

https://review.openstack.org/#/c/300233/

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1474

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1473

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/10/6

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/10/5

https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-009.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-06-17

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01533