CVE-2021-40797
Published: 8 September 2021
An issue was discovered in the routes middleware in OpenStack Neutron before 16.4.1, 17.x before 17.2.1, and 18.x before 18.1.1. By making API requests involving nonexistent controllers, an authenticated user may cause the API worker to consume increasing amounts of memory, resulting in API performance degradation or denial of service.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | This issue is fixed in (2:16.4.1-0ubuntu2) in focal-updates and (2:18.1.1-0ubuntu2) in hirsute-updates, but they have not yet been released to -security. |
Priority
Medium
CVSS 3 base score: 6.5
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
neutron Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Needs triage
|
| focal |
Needed
|
|
| hirsute |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
| impish |
Not vulnerable
(2:18.1.1+git2021091315.0fa97ecceb-0ubuntu1)
|
|
| jammy |
Not vulnerable
(2:18.1.1+git2021091315.0fa97ecceb-0ubuntu1)
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(16.4.1, 17.2.1, 18.1.1)
|
|
| xenial |
Needs triage
|