CVE-2017-7543

MEDIUM

Openstack Neutron < 7.2.0-12.1 - Race Condition

Title source: rule

Description

A race-condition flaw was discovered in openstack-neutron before 7.2.0-12.1, 8.x before 8.3.0-11.1, 9.x before 9.3.1-2.1, and 10.x before 10.0.2-1.1, where, following a minor overcloud update, neutron security groups were disabled. Specifically, the following were reset to 0: net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-ip6tables and net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables. The race was only triggered by an update, at which point an attacker could access exposed tenant VMs and network resources.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0046
EPSS Percentile 63.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Classification

CWE
CWE-362
Status published

Affected Products (8)

openstack/neutron < 7.2.0-12.1
redhat/openstack
redhat/openstack
redhat/openstack
redhat/openstack
redhat/openstack
redhat/openstack
pypi/neutron < 7.2.0-12.1PyPI

Timeline

Published Jul 26, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026