CVE-2017-5936
OpenStack Nova-LXD before 13.1.1 uses the wrong name for the veth pairs when applying Neutron security group rules for instances, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended security
02 Description
OpenStack Nova-LXD before 13.1.1 uses the wrong name for the veth pairs when applying Neutron security group rules for instances, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended security
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.93% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-04-12 22:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 15:18Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-02-08
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a1665b3027f230337ad16b93fe382e36197aadd13a2e897a95baf341ab76a35f
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com96182http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96182
- bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/nova-lxd/+bug/1656847
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-3195-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3195-1
- github.comhttps://github.com/openstack/nova-lxd/commit/1b76cefb92081efa1e88cd8f330253f857028bd2
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170208 Re: CVE Request: Nova-LXD incorrectly applied Neutron security group ruleshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/3
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- nova-lxd Fixed in 13.2.0-0ubuntu1.16.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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