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CVE-2015-5240

N/A
Published: October 27, 2015 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:28 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNeutron

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1.0%

Description

Race condition in OpenStack Neutron before 2014.2.4 and 2015.1 before 2015.1.2, when using the ML2 plugin or the security groups AMQP API, allows remote authenticated users to bypass IP anti-spoofing controls by changing the device owner of a port to start with network: before the security group rules are applied.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (5)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1909.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/08/9
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.launchpad.net/neutron/+bug/1489111
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1258458
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2015-018.html

CVSS

3.5LOW[email protected]
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-362

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