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CVE-2021-38598

Published: 23 August 2021

OpenStack Neutron before 16.4.1, 17.x before 17.1.3, and 18.0.0 allows hardware address impersonation when the linuxbridge driver with ebtables-nft is used on a Netfilter-based platform. By sending carefully crafted packets, anyone in control of a server instance connected to the virtual switch can impersonate the hardware addresses of other systems on the network, resulting in denial of service or in some cases possibly interception of traffic intended for other destinations.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
This issue was fixed in (2:16.4.1-0ubuntu2) in focal-updates and
(2:18.1.0-0ubuntu2) in hirsute-updates, and was later released
to -security.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.1

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
neutron
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (2:12.1.1-0ubuntu8.1)
focal
Released (2:16.4.2-0ubuntu6.2)
hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
impish Not vulnerable
(2:18.1.0+git2021072117.147830620f-0ubuntu2)
jammy Not vulnerable
(2:18.1.0+git2021072117.147830620f-0ubuntu2)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(2:18.1.0+git2021072117.147830620f-0ubuntu2)
lunar Not vulnerable
(2:18.1.0+git2021072117.147830620f-0ubuntu2)
mantic Not vulnerable
(2:18.1.0+git2021072117.147830620f-0ubuntu2)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (2:18.1.0-2)
xenial Needs triage

Patches:
upstream: https://opendev.org/openstack/neutron/commit/4245963c71280bebd94e9005230d610931a7c2df

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.1
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H