USN-4036-1: OpenStack Neutron vulnerability

Publication date

25 June 2019

Overview

A system hardening measure could be bypassed.


Packages

  • neutron - OpenStack Virtual Network Service

Details

Erik Olof Gunnar Andersson discovered that OpenStack Neutron incorrectly
handled certain security group rules in the iptables firewall module. An
authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to block further
application of security group rules for other instances.

Erik Olof Gunnar Andersson discovered that OpenStack Neutron incorrectly
handled certain security group rules in the iptables firewall module. An
authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to block further
application of security group rules for other instances.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
18.10 cosmic python-neutron –  2:13.0.2-0ubuntu3.4
python3-neutron –  2:13.0.2-0ubuntu3.4
16.04 xenial python-neutron –  2:8.4.0-0ubuntu7.4

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