Vulnerability · Published Mar 6, 2023 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2022-3277

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in openstack-neutron. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.1% (higher than 65% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 35.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12neutron2:21.0.0~rc1-3DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3277
Debian:13neutron2:21.0.0~rc1-3DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3277
Debian:14neutron2:21.0.0~rc1-3DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3277
PyPIneutron18.6.0, 19.5.0, 20.3.0PYSEC-2026-855
PyPIneutron20.3.0GHSA-w446-h7vg-wv3p
PyPIneutron19.5.0GHSA-w446-h7vg-wv3p
PyPIneutron18.6.0GHSA-w446-h7vg-wv3p
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSneutron2:20.3.0-0ubuntu1.1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3277
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSneutron2:20.3.0-0ubuntu1.1USN-6067-1

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a openstack-neutron As shipped with Red Hat Openstack 13, 16.1, and 16.2

Weakness: CWE-400 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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