OpenStack Neutron before 2014.2.4 and 2014.1 before 2014.1.2 allows remote authenticated users to set admin network attributes to default va
OpenStack Neutron before 2014.2.4 and 2014.1 before 2014.1.2 allows remote authenticated users to set admin network attributes to default values via unspecified vectors.
- Published
- Oct 2, 2014
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 2.1% · 81th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-264
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Report tools
Action score
17
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 16 / 40 · 4.0 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 2.1%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| openstack | neutron | cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron |
| canonical | ubuntu linux | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- canonical ubuntu linux14.04
- openstack neutron2013.2 and later · up to 2013.2.4 inclusive
- openstack neutron2014.1 and later · before 2014.1.2
- openstack neutron2014.2 and later · up to 2014.2.4 inclusive
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | neutron | before 2014.1.3-1 | 2014.1.3-1 |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-neutron | before 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost | 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-neutron-bigswitch | before 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost | 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-neutron-brocade | before 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost | 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-neutron-cisco | before 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost | 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-neutron-hyperv | before 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost | 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-neutron-linuxbridge | before 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost | 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-neutron-mellanox | before 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost | 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-neutron-metaplugin | before 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost | 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-neutron-metering-agent | before 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost | 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-neutron-midonet | before 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost | 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-neutron-ml2 | before 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost | 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-neutron-nec | before 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost | 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-neutron-nicira | before 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost | 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-neutron-openvswitch | before 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost | 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-neutron-plumgrid | before 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost | 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-neutron-ryu | before 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost | 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-neutron-vpn-agent | before 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost | 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | python-neutron | before 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost | 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:5::el6 | openstack-neutron | before 0:2014.1.3-8.el6ost | 0:2014.1.3-8.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:5::el6 | openstack-neutron-bigswitch | before 0:2014.1.3-8.el6ost | 0:2014.1.3-8.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:5::el6 | openstack-neutron-brocade | before 0:2014.1.3-8.el6ost | 0:2014.1.3-8.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:5::el6 | openstack-neutron-cisco | before 0:2014.1.3-8.el6ost | 0:2014.1.3-8.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:5::el6 | openstack-neutron-embrane | before 0:2014.1.3-8.el6ost | 0:2014.1.3-8.el6ost |
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Same product
openstack: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
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- CVE-2014-0187The openvswitch-agent process in OpenStack Neutron 2013.1 before 2013.2.4 and 2014.1 before 2014.1.1 allows remote authenticated users to by37Monitor
- CVE-2021-38598OpenStack Neutron before 16.4.1, 17.x before 17.1.3, and 18.0.0 allows hardware address impersonation when the linuxbridge driver with ebtab36Monitor
- CVE-2016-5363The IPTables firewall in OpenStack Neutron before 7.0.4 and 8.0.0 through 8.1.0 allows remote attackers to bypass an intended MAC-spoofing p33Monitor
- CVE-2016-5362The IPTables firewall in OpenStack Neutron before 7.0.4 and 8.0.0 through 8.1.0 allows remote attackers to bypass an intended DHCP-spoofing 33Monitor
- CVE-2014-3632The default configuration in a sudoers file in the Red Hat openstack-neutron package before 2014.1.2-4, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 31Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| debian:neutron | 2014.1.3-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-neutron | 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-neutron-bigswitch | 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-neutron-brocade | 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-neutron-cisco | 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-neutron-hyperv | 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-neutron-linuxbridge | 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-neutron-mellanox | 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-neutron-metaplugin | 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-neutron-metering-agent | 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-neutron-midonet | 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-neutron-ml2 | 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-neutron-nec | 0:2013.2.4-5.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
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No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- P · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- P
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-264 · Permissions, Privileges, and Access ControlsCVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Noroxi analysis
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References
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1686.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1785.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1786.html
- secunia.com/advisories/62299
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/15/5
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2408-1
- bugs.launchpad.net/neutron/+bug/1357379
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.