CVE-2015-8914 describes a critical vulnerability in the IPTables firewall within OpenStack Neutron versions before 7.0.4 and 8.0.0 through 8.1.0. This flaw allows remote attackers to bypass an ICMPv6-spoofing protection, leading to potential denial of service or network traffic interception. With a CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without authentication, posing a significant risk of high impact to availability and confidentiality. While no public exploit code, Metasploit modules, or active exploitation have been identified, and community discussion is minimal, the inherent severity warrants attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 7.0.0, < 7.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.0.0, <= 8.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
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