CVE-2017-5936

high

Published 2022-05-13 · Modified 2024-04-29

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CVSS v3

7.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.5

Description

OpenStack Nova-LXD before 13.1.1 uses the wrong name for the veth pairs when applying Neutron security group rules for instances, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended security restrictions.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

83%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
ubuntu	16.04	affected

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
PyPI	nova-lxd	`<13.1.1`	`13.1.1`
PyPI	nova-lxd	`<1b76cefb92081efa1e88cd8f330253f857028bd2\|\|<13.1.1`	`1b76cefb92081efa1e88cd8f330253f857028bd2`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
openstack	nova-lxd	`{"endIncluding":"13.1.0"}`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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