CVE-2015-8914: openstack neutron 7PK - Security Features
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2015-8914 is a critical (CVSS 9.1) 7PK - Security Features vulnerability in openstack neutron. EPSS estimates a 4.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2Timeline
- 17-06-2016PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions- OSV · PypiEcosystem advisory · calculated9.1CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated9.1CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated9.1CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
4.28%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
91%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 4.28% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (bugs.launchpad.net)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Debian1 product
- neutron< 2:8.1.2-1
Openstack1 product
- neutron≥ 7.0.0, < 7.0.4 | ≥ 8.0.0, ≤ 8.1.0
PyPI1 product
- neutron< 7.0.5 | ≥ 8.0.0, < 8.1.1
Ubuntu1 product
- neutron< 2:8.4.0-0ubuntu4
4 vendors · 4 products
References
19 links- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/10/5Mailing ListX Refsource MLISTThird Party AdvisoryWEB
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/10/6Mailing ListX Refsource MLISTThird Party AdvisoryWEB
Show all 19 references
- github.com/openstack/neutronPACKAGE
- pypi.org/project/neutronPACKAGE
