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TI-2015-04400 Aliases CVE-2015-5240GHSA-hhpj-6pj7-wpx5

Race condition in OpenStack Neutron before 2014.2.4 and 2015.1 before 2015.1.2, when…

Priority LOW 19CWE-362Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Partial · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00976 62nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed neutron (PyPI): 7.0.0Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—neutron (PyPI)before 7.0.07.0.0Patch availableGHSA-hhpj-6pj7-wpx5
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • neutron (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 7.0.0 Fixed in 7.0.0 Patch available GHSA-hhpj-6pj7-wpx5

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:2014.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2014.2.3VulnerableOpenStack
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:2015.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2015.1.0VulnerableOpenStack
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:2015.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2015.1.1VulnerableOpenStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:2014.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2014.2.3 Vulnerable ·OpenStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:2015.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2015.1.0 Vulnerable ·OpenStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:2015.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2015.1.1 Vulnerable ·OpenStack

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-hhpj-6pj7-wpx5 neutron (PyPI) Fixed in 7.0.0 Advisory →

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2015:1909 Released 2015-10-15 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    openstack-neutron security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6 openstack-neutron-2014.1.5-4.el6ost, openstack-neutron-bigswitch-2014.1.5-4.el6ost, openstack-neutron-brocade-2014.1.5-4.el6ost +20
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7 openstack-neutron-2014.1.5-4.el7ost, openstack-neutron-bigswitch-2014.1.5-4.el7ost, openstack-neutron-brocade-2014.1.5-4.el7ost +20
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 openstack-neutron-2014.2.3-19.el7ost, openstack-neutron-bigswitch-2014.2.3-19.el7ost, openstack-neutron-brocade-2014.2.3-19.el7ost +23
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 openstack-neutron-2015.1.1-7.el7ost, openstack-neutron-bigswitch-2015.1.1-7.el7ost, openstack-neutron-brocade-2015.1.1-7.el7ost +22

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6Fixed RHSA-2015:1909
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7Fixed RHSA-2015:1909
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7Fixed RHSA-2015:1909
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7Fixed RHSA-2015:1909

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-5240
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hhpj-6pj7-wpx5

References

Advisory 3

Other 9

  • 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
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Sources

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