5.9
MEDIUM
CVE-2017-7543
OpenStack Neutron Security Group Disabling Race Condition
Description

A race-condition flaw was discovered in openstack-neutron before 7.2.0-12.1, 8.x before 8.3.0-11.1, 9.x before 9.3.1-2.1, and 10.x before 10.0.2-1.1, where, following a minor overcloud update, neutron security groups were disabled. Specifically, the following were reset to 0: net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-ip6tables and net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables. The race was only triggered by an update, at which point an attacker could access exposed tenant VMs and network resources.

INFO

Published Date :

July 26, 2018, 2:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 12, 2023, 11:30 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.2
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-7543 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 Redhat openstack
1 Openstack neutron
1 Neutron smart_vms
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2017-7543.

URL Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100237 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2447 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2448 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2449 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2450 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2451 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2452 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7543 Mitigation Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-7543 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 [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 12, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description A race-condition flaw was discovered in openstack-neutron where, following a minor overcloud update, neutron security groups were disabled. Specifically, the following were reset to 0: net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-ip6tables and net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables. The race was only triggered by an update, at which point an attacker could access exposed tenant VMs and network resources. A race-condition flaw was discovered in openstack-neutron before 7.2.0-12.1, 8.x before 8.3.0-11.1, 9.x before 9.3.1-2.1, and 10.x before 10.0.2-1.1, where, following a minor overcloud update, neutron security groups were disabled. Specifically, the following were reset to 0: net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-ip6tables and net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables. The race was only triggered by an update, at which point an attacker could access exposed tenant VMs and network resources.
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7543 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1473792 [No Types Assigned]
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-362
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description A race-condition flaw was discovered in openstack-neutron before 7.2.0-12.1, 8.x before 8.3.0-11.1, 9.x before 9.3.1-2.1, and 10.x before 10.0.2-1.1, where, following a minor overcloud update, neutron security groups were disabled. Specifically, the following were reset to 0: net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-ip6tables and net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables. The race was only triggered by an update, at which point an attacker could access exposed tenant VMs and network resources. A race-condition flaw was discovered in openstack-neutron where, following a minor overcloud update, neutron security groups were disabled. Specifically, the following were reset to 0: net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-ip6tables and net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables. The race was only triggered by an update, at which point an attacker could access exposed tenant VMs and network resources.
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1473792 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7543 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-362
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 04, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 04, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 04, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 04, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3 Red Hat, Inc. AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-362
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 26, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 7.2.0-12.1 *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 8.0 up to (excluding) 8.3.0-11.1 *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.0 up to (excluding) 9.3.1-2.1 *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 10.0 up to (excluding) 10.0.2-1.1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 7.0.0 up to (excluding) 7.2.0-12.1 *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 8.0.0 up to (excluding) 8.3.0-11.1 *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.0.0 up to (excluding) 9.3.1-2.1 *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 10.0.0 up to (excluding) 10.0.2-1.1
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 01, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2447 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2447 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2449 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2449 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100237 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100237 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2448 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2448 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7543 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7543 Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2450 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2450 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2452 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2452 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2451 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2451 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-362
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 7.2.0-12.1 *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 8.0 up to (excluding) 8.3.0-11.1 *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.0 up to (excluding) 9.3.1-2.1 *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 10.0 up to (excluding) 10.0.2-1.1
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 28, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2452 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2451 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2450 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2449 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2448 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2447 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100237 [No Types Assigned]
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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-2017-7543 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

0.31 }} -0.13%

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0.70027

percentile

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