CVE-2015-8914

Public Exploit

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.

Category

9.1
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.53% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory openstack.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/310652/ third party advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1473 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/10/5 third party advisory mailing list
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/10/6 third party advisory mailing list
https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-009.html vendor advisory
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/310648/ third party advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/neutron/+bug/1502933 third party advisory exploit
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/300233/ third party advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1474 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-8914?
CVE-2015-8914 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-8914?
To fix CVE-2015-8914, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-8914 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2015-8914 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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