CVE-2019-15753

CRITICAL

OpenStack os-vif 1.15.0-1.15.1 and 1.16.0 - Unauthenticated Ethernet Flooding via Hardcoded MAC Aging Time

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In OpenStack os-vif 1.15.x before 1.15.2, and 1.16.0, a hard-coded MAC aging time of 0 disables MAC learning in linuxbridge, forcing obligatory Ethernet flooding of non-local destinations, which both impedes network performance and allows users to possibly view the content of packets for instances belonging to other tenants sharing the same network. Only deployments using the linuxbridge backend are affected. This occurs in PyRoute2.add() in internal/command/ip/linux/impl_pyroute2.py.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://review.opendev.org/672834
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://review.opendev.org/678098
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2019-004.html
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/29/2
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1837252

Scores

CVSS v3 9.1
EPSS 0.0097
EPSS Percentile 76.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-770
Status published
Products (3)
openstack/os-vif 1.16.0
openstack/os-vif 1.15.0 - 1.15.2
pypi/os-vif 1.15.0 - 1.15.2PyPI
Published Aug 28, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026