RHEL 7 : openstack-neutron (RHSA-2018:3792)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 194007

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for openstack-neutron.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2018:3792 advisory.

OpenStack Networking (neutron) is a pluggable, scalable, and API-driven system that provisions networking services to virtual machines. Its main function is to manage connectivity to and from virtual machines.

Security Fix(es):

* openstack-neutron: A router interface out of subnet IP range results in a denial of service (CVE-2018-14635)

For more details about the security issues, including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE pages listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL openstack-neutron package based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:3792.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 194007

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-3792.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 4/27/2024

Updated: 6/3/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-14635

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openstack-neutron, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openstack-neutron-rpc-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openstack-neutron-ml2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-neutron, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openstack-neutron-openvswitch, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openstack-neutron-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openstack-neutron-linuxbridge, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openstack-neutron-metering-agent, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openstack-neutron-sriov-nic-agent, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-neutron-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openstack-neutron-macvtap-agent

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/5/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/10/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-14635

CWE: 20

RHSA: 2018:3792

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