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CVE-2016-5363

Published: Jun 17, 2016 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
8.2
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
6.5 LOW
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
6.3 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5363
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/254.html

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 MAC-spoofing protection mechanism and consequently cause a denial of service or intercept network traffic via (1) a crafted DHCP discovery message or (2) crafted non-IP traffic.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
NeutronOpenstack7.0.0 (including)7.0.0 (including)
NeutronOpenstack7.0.1 (including)7.0.1 (including)
NeutronOpenstack7.0.2 (including)7.0.2 (including)
NeutronOpenstack7.0.3 (including)7.0.3 (including)
NeutronOpenstack7.0.4 (including)7.0.4 (including)
NeutronOpenstack8.0.0 (including)8.0.0 (including)
NeutronOpenstack8.1.0 (including)8.1.0 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7RedHatopenstack-neutron-0:2015.1.4-2.el7ost*
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty)RedHatopenstack-neutron-1:7.0.4-11.el7ost*
NeutronUbuntutrusty*
NeutronUbuntuwily*
NeutronUbuntuyakkety*

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