# CVE-2014-3555: Denial of service in n/a > Remote authenticated users can cause a denial of service in OpenStack Neutron by creating a large number of allowed address pairs. - **Severity:** Medium 4.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P`) - **Exploited in the wild:** Not known - **Login needed:** Any signed-in user - **Attackable:** Over the internet - **Victim action needed:** Not needed - **Fix available:** Yes - **Published:** 23 Jul 2014 - **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024 - **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3555, RHSA-2014:1078, RHSA-2014:1119, RHSA-2014:1120, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3555 ## What is CVE-2014-3555? CVE-2014-3555 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Jul 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim. ### Official description OpenStack Neutron before 2013.2.4, 2014.x before 2014.1.2, and Juno before Juno-2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash or long firewall rule updates) by creating a large number of allowed address pairs. Weakness: CWE-264 ## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3555? It affects 1 product. | Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `openstack-neutron` | Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | All versions | 0:2013.2.3-16.el6ost | | `openstack-neutron-bigswitch` | Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | All versions | 0:2013.2.3-16.el6ost | | `openstack-neutron-brocade` | Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | All versions | 0:2013.2.3-16.el6ost | | `openstack-neutron-cisco` | Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | All versions | 0:2013.2.3-16.el6ost | | `openstack-neutron-hyperv` | Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | All versions | 0:2013.2.3-16.el6ost | | `openstack-neutron-linuxbridge` | Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | All versions | 0:2013.2.3-16.el6ost | | `openstack-neutron-mellanox` | Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | All versions | 0:2013.2.3-16.el6ost | | `openstack-neutron-metaplugin` | Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | All versions | 0:2013.2.3-16.el6ost | | `openstack-neutron-metering-agent` | Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | All versions | 0:2013.2.3-16.el6ost | | `openstack-neutron-midonet` | Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | All versions | 0:2013.2.3-16.el6ost | | `openstack-neutron-ml2` | Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | All versions | 0:2013.2.3-16.el6ost | | `openstack-neutron-nec` | Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | All versions | 0:2013.2.3-16.el6ost | | `openstack-neutron-nicira` | Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | All versions | 0:2013.2.3-16.el6ost | | `openstack-neutron-openvswitch` | Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | All versions | 0:2013.2.3-16.el6ost | | `openstack-neutron-plumgrid` | Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | All versions | 0:2013.2.3-16.el6ost | | `openstack-neutron-ryu` | Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | All versions | 0:2013.2.3-16.el6ost | | `openstack-neutron-vpn-agent` | Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | All versions | 0:2013.2.3-16.el6ost | | `python-neutron` | Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | All versions | 0:2013.2.3-16.el6ost | | `openstack-neutron` | Red Hat:openstack:5::el6 | All versions | 0:2014.1.2-2.el6ost | | `openstack-neutron-bigswitch` | Red Hat:openstack:5::el6 | All versions | 0:2014.1.2-2.el6ost | | `openstack-neutron-brocade` | Red Hat:openstack:5::el6 | All versions | 0:2014.1.2-2.el6ost | | `openstack-neutron-cisco` | Red Hat:openstack:5::el6 | All versions | 0:2014.1.2-2.el6ost | | `openstack-neutron-hyperv` | Red Hat:openstack:5::el6 | All versions | 0:2014.1.2-2.el6ost | | `openstack-neutron-ibm` | Red Hat:openstack:5::el6 | All versions | 0:2014.1.2-2.el6ost | | `openstack-neutron-linuxbridge` | Red Hat:openstack:5::el6 | All versions | 0:2014.1.2-2.el6ost | | `openstack-neutron-mellanox` | Red Hat:openstack:5::el6 | All versions | 0:2014.1.2-2.el6ost | | `openstack-neutron-metaplugin` | Red Hat:openstack:5::el6 | All versions | 0:2014.1.2-2.el6ost | | `openstack-neutron-metering-agent` | Red Hat:openstack:5::el6 | All versions | 0:2014.1.2-2.el6ost | | `openstack-neutron-midonet` | Red Hat:openstack:5::el6 | All versions | 0:2014.1.2-2.el6ost | | `openstack-neutron-ml2` | Red Hat:openstack:5::el6 | All versions | 0:2014.1.2-2.el6ost | | `openstack-neutron-nec` | Red Hat:openstack:5::el6 | All versions | 0:2014.1.2-2.el6ost | | `openstack-neutron-ofagent` | Red Hat:openstack:5::el6 | All versions | 0:2014.1.2-2.el6ost | | `openstack-neutron-oneconvergence-nvsd` | Red Hat:openstack:5::el6 | All versions | 0:2014.1.2-2.el6ost | | `openstack-neutron-openvswitch` | Red Hat:openstack:5::el6 | All versions | 0:2014.1.2-2.el6ost | | `openstack-neutron-plumgrid` | Red Hat:openstack:5::el6 | All versions | 0:2014.1.2-2.el6ost | | `openstack-neutron-ryu` | Red Hat:openstack:5::el6 | All versions | 0:2014.1.2-2.el6ost | | `openstack-neutron-vmware` | Red Hat:openstack:5::el6 | All versions | 0:2014.1.2-2.el6ost | | `openstack-neutron-vpn-agent` | Red Hat:openstack:5::el6 | All versions | 0:2014.1.2-2.el6ost | | `python-neutron` | Red Hat:openstack:5::el6 | All versions | 0:2014.1.2-2.el6ost | | `openstack-neutron` | Red Hat:openstack:5::el7 | All versions | 0:2014.1.2-2.el7ost | Products: Openstack Neutron. ## How do I fix CVE-2014-3555? Upgrade to a fixed version. ## Is CVE-2014-3555 being exploited? There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3555 in the wild and no public exploit code. ## Other vulnerabilities in n/a - [CVE-2021-38598](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38598/): OpenStack Neutron vulnerable to hardware address impersonation (critical 9.1) - [CVE-2015-8914](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-8914/): OpenStack Neutron allows remote attackers to bypass an intended ICMPv6-spoofing protection mechanism (critical 9.1) - [CVE-2016-5362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-5362/): OpenStack Neutron allows remote attackers to bypass an intended DHCP-spoofing protection mechanism (high 8.2) - [CVE-2016-5363](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-5363/): OpenStack Neutron Intended MAC-spoofing protection mechanism bypass (high 8.2) - [CVE-2014-3632](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-3632/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 7.6) ## Fix prompt for AI coding agents ```text Check this codebase for CVE-2014-3555 and fix it if it is affected. What it is: CVE-2014-3555 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Jul 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim. Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3555 in the wild and no public exploit code. Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page. Task: 1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies. 2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it. 3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead. 4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why. 5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing. Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-3555/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-3555/index.md) ``` ## Sources - CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3555 - NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3555 - OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-3555 --- From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-3555/ Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.