Openstack-neutron: unrestricted creation of security groups (fix for cve-2022-3277)

4.3 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

An uncontrolled resource consumption flaw was found in openstack-neutron. This flaw allows a remote authenticated user to query a list of security groups for an invalid project. This issue creates resources that are unconstrained by the user's quota. If a malicious user were to submit a significant number of requests, this could lead to a denial of service.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

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Affected Software

Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2, Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) Operational Tools, Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1, Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.0, Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1, Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0

Vulnerable Versions:

1:15.3.5-2.20230216175503.el8ost