CVE-2014-8153 Denial of service in n/a
Authenticated users can cause denial of service in OpenStack Neutron L3 agent by creating multiple routers with IPv6 subnets.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2014-8153?
CVE-2014-8153 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Jan 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The L3 agent in OpenStack Neutron 2014.2.x before 2014.2.2, when using radvd 2.0+, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (blocked router update processing) by creating eight routers and assigning an ipv6 non-provider subnet to each.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-8153?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Litech Router Advertisement Daemon, Openstack Neutron.
How do I fix CVE-2014-8153?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-8153 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2014-8153 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8153 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rqg5-f3m3-r3xh.