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Vulnerability record · CVE-2015-3221 · published 26 August 2015

CVE-2015-3221: Openstack neutron improper input validation vulnerability

Openstack · Neutron

OpenStack Neutron before 2014.2.4 (juno) and 2015.1.x before 2015.1.1 (kilo), when using the IPTables firewall driver, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (L2 agent crash) by adding an address pair that is rejected by the ipset tool.

4.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 11% · top 4.1% CWE-20 · Improper input validation
4.0CVSS 2.0 base score
11%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
8References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

OpenStack Neutron before 2014.2.4 (juno) and 2015.1.x before 2015.1.1 (kilo), when using the IPTables firewall driver, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (L2 agent crash) by adding an address pair that is rejected by the ipset tool.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2015-June/000377.html Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1680.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75368 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugs.launchpad.net/neutron/+bug/1461054 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2015-June/000377.html Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1680.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75368 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugs.launchpad.net/neutron/+bug/1461054 Third Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2015-3221), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.