The default configuration in the Red Hat openstack-neutron package before 2013.2.3-7 does not properly set a configuration file for rootwrap
The default configuration in the Red Hat openstack-neutron package before 2013.2.3-7 does not properly set a configuration file for rootwrap, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted configuration file.
- Published
- Jun 2, 2014
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 3.3% · 88th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-264
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Action score
31
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 30 / 40 · 7.6 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 3.3%
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We use this product, ask for helpAffected 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 linux13.10
- canonical ubuntu linux14.04
- openstack neutron2013.1 and later · up to 2013.2.3 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 2014.1-1 | 2014.1-1 |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-neutron | before 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost | 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-neutron-bigswitch | before 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost | 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-neutron-brocade | before 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost | 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-neutron-cisco | before 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost | 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-neutron-hyperv | before 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost | 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-neutron-linuxbridge | before 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost | 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-neutron-mellanox | before 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost | 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-neutron-metaplugin | before 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost | 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-neutron-metering-agent | before 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost | 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-neutron-midonet | before 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost | 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-neutron-ml2 | before 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost | 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-neutron-nec | before 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost | 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-neutron-nicira | before 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost | 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-neutron-openvswitch | before 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost | 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-neutron-plumgrid | before 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost | 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-neutron-ryu | before 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost | 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-neutron-vpn-agent | before 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost | 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | python-neutron | before 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost | 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost |
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 | 2014.1-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-neutron | 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-neutron-bigswitch | 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-neutron-brocade | 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-neutron-cisco | 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-neutron-hyperv | 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-neutron-linuxbridge | 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-neutron-mellanox | 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-neutron-metaplugin | 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-neutron-metering-agent | 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-neutron-midonet | 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-neutron-ml2 | 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-neutron-nec | 0:2013.2.3-7.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
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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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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
- Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- C · data can be read
- Integrity
- C · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- C · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- High
- Confidentiality impact
- C
- Integrity impact
- C
- Availability impact
- C
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-264 · Permissions, Privileges, and Access ControlsCVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
nvd-primary
Attack context
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MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0516.html
- secunia.com/advisories/59533
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2255-1
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1039812
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.