9.1
CRITICAL CVSS 3.0
CVE-2015-8914
OpenStack Neutron IPTables ICMPv6 Spoofing Bypass Denial of Service
Description

The IPTables firewall in OpenStack Neutron before 7.0.4 and 8.0.0 through 8.1.0 allows remote attackers to bypass an intended ICMPv6-spoofing protection mechanism and consequently cause a denial of service or intercept network traffic via a link-local source address.

INFO

Published Date :

June 17, 2016, 3:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-8914 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Openstack neutron
1 Neutron smart_vms
CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 CRITICAL [email protected]
Solution
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  • n/a
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-8914 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2015-8914 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2015-8914 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/10/5
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/10/6
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1473
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1474
    Added Reference https://bugs.launchpad.net/neutron/+bug/1502933
    Added Reference https://review.openstack.org/#/c/300233/
    Added Reference https://review.openstack.org/#/c/310648/
    Added Reference https://review.openstack.org/#/c/310652/
    Added Reference https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-009.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 19, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 7.0.3 *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:8.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 7.0.0 up to (excluding) 7.0.4 *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 8.0.0 up to (including) 8.1.0
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 22, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1473 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1473 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1474 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1474 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://review.openstack.org/#/c/310648/ No Types Assigned https://review.openstack.org/#/c/310648/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.launchpad.net/neutron/+bug/1502933 No Types Assigned https://bugs.launchpad.net/neutron/+bug/1502933 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/10/6 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/10/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/10/5 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/10/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://review.openstack.org/#/c/310652/ No Types Assigned https://review.openstack.org/#/c/310652/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://review.openstack.org/#/c/300233/ No Types Assigned https://review.openstack.org/#/c/300233/ Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1474 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1473 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 24, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:8.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:8.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
  • CVE Translated by [email protected]

    Jun. 21, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Translation El firewall IPTables en OpenStack Neutron 7.0.x hasta la versión 7.0.4 (Liberty) y 8.0.x hasta la versión 8.1.0 (Mitaka) permite a atacantes remotos eludir un mecanismo de protección destinado a suplantar ICMPv6 y consecuentemente provocar una denegación de servicio o interceptar tráfico de red a través de una dirección fuente local de enlace.
    Added Translation El firewall IPTables en OpenStack Neutron en versiones anteriores a 7.0.4 y 8.0.0 hasta la versión 8.1.0 permite a atacantes remotos eludir un mecanismo destinado a la protección ICMPv6-spoofing y consecuentemente causar una denegación de servicio o interceptar tráfico de la red a través de de una dirección fuente local de enlace.
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 21, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description The IPTables firewall in OpenStack Neutron 7.0.x through 7.0.4 (Liberty) and 8.0.x through 8.1.0 (Mitaka) allows remote attackers to bypass an intended ICMPv6-spoofing protection mechanism and consequently cause a denial of service or intercept network traffic via a link-local source address. The IPTables firewall in OpenStack Neutron before 7.0.4 and 8.0.0 through 8.1.0 allows remote attackers to bypass an intended ICMPv6-spoofing protection mechanism and consequently cause a denial of service or intercept network traffic via a link-local source address.
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 19, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:8.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-009.html No Types Assigned https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-009.html Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-254
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 17, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 9.1
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 6.4
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

6.66 }} 5.12%

score

0.90831

percentile