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CVE-2015-5240 Details

Description

Race condition in OpenStack Neutron before 2014.2.4 and 2015.1 before 2015.1.2, when using the ML2 plugin or the security groups AMQP API, allows remote authenticated users to bypass IP anti-spoofing controls by changing the device owner of a port to start with network: before the security group rules are applied.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1909.html CVE
https://bugs.launchpad.net/neutron/+bug/1489111 CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1258458 CVE
https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2015-018.html CVEVendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/08/9 CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
openstack neutron
2014.2.3
2015.1.0
2015.1.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:2014.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:2015.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:2015.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-5240
NVD Published Date:
Oct 27, 2015
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2015-5240 Details - Not Deferred