Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting openstack-neutron-rpc-server package, versions <1:15.3.5-2.20220113150031.el8ost


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-OPENSTACKNEUTRONRPCSERVER-4375387
  • published26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed8 Sept 2021

Introduced: 8 Sep 2021

CVE-2021-40797  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 openstack-neutron-rpc-server to version 1:15.3.5-2.20220113150031.el8ost or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:0996.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openstack-neutron-rpc-server package and not the openstack-neutron-rpc-server package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in the routes middleware in OpenStack Neutron before 16.4.1, 17.x before 17.2.1, and 18.x before 18.1.1. By making API requests involving nonexistent controllers, an authenticated user may cause the API worker to consume increasing amounts of memory, resulting in API performance degradation or denial of service.

CVSS Scores

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