OpenStack Neutron before 2014.2.4 (juno) and 2015.1.x before 2015.1.1 (kilo), when using…
Priority LOW 32CWE-20Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Partial
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.
Summary
OpenStack Neutron before 2014.2.4 (juno) and 2015.1.x before 2015.1.1 (kilo), when using the IPTables firewall driver, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (L2 agent crash) by adding an address pair that is rejected by the ipset tool.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.11434 96th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed neutron (PyPI): 2014.2.4, 2015.1.1Red Hat: 1 advisory
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | neutron (PyPI) | 2000 to before 2014.2.4 | 2014.2.4 | Patch available | GHSA-wf44-4mgj-rwvx |
| — | neutron (PyPI) | 2015.1.0 to before 2015.1.1 | 2015.1.1 | Patch available | GHSA-wf44-4mgj-rwvx |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- neutron (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2000 to before 2014.2.4 Fixed in 2014.2.4 Patch available GHSA-wf44-4mgj-rwvx
- neutron (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2015.1.0 to before 2015.1.1 Fixed in 2015.1.1 Patch available GHSA-wf44-4mgj-rwvx
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-wf44-4mgj-rwvx neutron (PyPI) Fixed in 2014.2.4 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-wf44-4mgj-rwvx neutron (PyPI) Fixed in 2015.1.1 Advisory →
Red Hat 1 advisory
- RHSA-2015:1680 Released 2015-08-24 · Red Hat rating Moderateopenstack-neutron security and bug fix update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 openstack-neutron-2014.2.3-9.el7ost, openstack-neutron-bigswitch-2014.2.3-9.el7ost, openstack-neutron-brocade-2014.2.3-9.el7ost +23
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1680 |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo)
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-3221
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wf44-4mgj-rwvx
References
Advisory 4
Other 7
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1680
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3221
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1232284
- https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/neutron/commit/?id=9ff6138c47c95034ba845e9448ddffd147b51f38
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/neutron/PYSEC-2026-856.yaml
- https://opendev.org/openstack/neutron
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200228084753/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75368
More OpenStack Neutron vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-03027 Uncontrolled resource consumption in openstack-neutron CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2015-07327 The IPTables firewall in OpenStack Neutron before 7.0.4 and 8.0.0 through 8.1.0 allows… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2014-00181 The openvswitch-agent process in OpenStack Neutron 2013.1 before 2013.2.4 and 2014.1… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.0
- TI-2021-16185 OpenStack Neutron before 16.4.1, 17.x before 17.1.3, and 18.0.0 allows hardware address… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2016-04653 The IPTables firewall in OpenStack Neutron before 7.0.4 and 8.0.0 through 8.1.0 allows… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.2
- TI-2016-04654 The IPTables firewall in OpenStack Neutron before 7.0.4 and 8.0.0 through 8.1.0 allows… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.2
Sources
- CVE-2015-3221 · CVE Program
- CVE-2015-3221 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wf44-4mgj-rwvx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2015-3221 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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