Resource exhaustion in openstack-neutron - CVE-2022-3277

Vulnerability identifier: #VU70048

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-3277

CWE-ID: CWE-400

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when the user queries a list of security groups for an invalid project. A remote user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

openstack-neutron
Ubuntu
python-neutron (Ubuntu package)
openstack-neutron (Red Hat package)
python3-neutron (Ubuntu package)
Red Hat OpenStack

Install updates from vendor's website.

python-neutron (Ubuntu package) - update to 2:12.1.1-0ubuntu8.1
openstack-neutron (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 15.2.1-1.20221005123225.40d217c.el8ost, 15.3.5-2.20221005184727.c81fb5b.el8ost, 18.4.1-0.20221128170741.5258354.el9ost
Red Hat OpenStack - addressed in versions 16.1.9, 16.2.4, 17.0
python3-neutron (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2:16.4.2-0ubuntu6.2, 2:20.3.0-0ubuntu1.1

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2129193

• Denial of service in Openstack Neutron
• Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 update for openstack-neutron
• Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1 update for openstack-neutron
• Denial of service in Red Hat OpenStack Platform
• Ubuntu update for neutron