OpenStack Neutron Improper Input Validation vulnerability

MEDIUM 4.0CVE-2015-3221 · GHSA-wf44-4mgj-rwvx · PYSEC-2026-856 · Published 26/08/2015 · updated 17/06/2026

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
neutron PyPI	`≥ 2000, < 2014.2.4≥ 2015.1.0, < 2015.1.1< 2014.2.4`	`2014.2.42015.1.1`
neutron openstack	`≥ 2014.2, < 2014.2.4≥ 2015.1.0, < 2015.1.1`	`2014.2.42015.1.1`

Description

OpenStack Neutron before 2014.2.4 (juno) and 2015.1.x before 2015.1.1 (kilo), when using the IPTables firewall driver, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (L2 agent crash) by adding an address pair that is rejected by the ipset tool.

NVD description

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3221 · ADVISORY
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1680 · WEB
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3221 · WEB
bugs.launchpad.net/neutron/+bug/1461054 · WEB
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi · WEB
git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/neutron/commit · WEB
pypa/advisory-database · WEB
opendev.org/openstack/neutron · PACKAGE
web.archive.org/web/20200228084753/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75368 · WEB
lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2015-June/000377.html · WEB
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1680.html · WEB
securityfocus.com/bid/75368 · Third Party Advisory
pypi.org/project/neutron · PACKAGE
GitHub Advisory GHSA-wf44-4mgj-rwvx · ADVISORY

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