CVE-2021-40797
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-09-08 19:11
Modified
2024-08-04 02:51
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/09/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://launchpad.net/bugs/1942179Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2021-006.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/09/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://launchpad.net/bugs/1942179Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2021-006.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
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