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Security Bulletin: PowerVC is impacted by an OpenStack Neutron denial of service vulnerability (CVE-2018-14635)

Created by Abhishek Sharma M on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/794449
794449

Security Bulletin


Summary

Openstack Neutron is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. By using specially-crafted content, a remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-14635
Description: When using the Linux bridge ml2 driver, non-privileged tenants are able to create and attach ports without specifying an IP address, bypassing IP address validation. A potential denial of service could occur if an IP address, conflicting with existing guests or routers, is then assigned from outside of the allowed allocation pool.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/150091 for the current score.
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product Affected Version
IBM PowerVC Standard 1.3.3
IBM PowerVC Standard 1.4.0
IBM PowerVC Standard 1.4.1
IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager 1.3.3
IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager 1.4.0
IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager 1.4.1

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

None

Change History

18 January 2019: Original version published

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

Disclaimer

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

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Document Information

Modified date:
09 December 2019

UID

ibm10794449