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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-5363

The IPTables firewall in OpenStack Neutron before 7.0.4 and 8.0.0 through 8.1.0 allows remote attackers to bypass an intended MAC-spoofing protection mechanism and consequently cause a denial of service or intercept network traffic via (1) a crafted DHCP discovery message or (2) crafted non-IP traffic.

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CVE-2016-5363

core-osv · Original source

Published 17 Jun 2016, 15:59 UTC

The IPTables firewall in OpenStack Neutron before 7.0.4 and 8.0.0 through 8.1.0 allows remote attackers to bypass an intended MAC-spoofing protection mechanism and consequently cause a denial of service or intercept network traffic via (1) a crafted DHCP discovery message or (2) crafted non-IP traffic.

osv:CVE-2016-5363
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5363",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-5363",
    "summary": "The IPTables firewall in OpenStack Neutron before 7.0.4 and 8.0.0 through 8.1.0 allows remote attackers to bypass an intended MAC-spoofing protection mechanism and consequently cause a denial of service or intercept network traffic via (1) a crafted DHCP discovery message or (2) crafted non-IP traffic.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-5363",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-5363",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-5363",
        "GHSA-9pp3-cvmq-9p22",
        "PYSEC-2026-852"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
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                        "introduced": "7.0.3"
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                        "last_affected": "7.0.3"
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                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                      {
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                      },
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                        "last_affected": "7.0.4"
                      }
                    ],
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                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                    ],
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                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:8.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
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                        "introduced": "8.1.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "8.1.0"
                      }
                    ],
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                ]
              }
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          ],
          "versions": [
            "7.0.0",
            "7.0.1",
            "7.0.2",
            "7.0.3",
            "7.0.4",
            "8.0.0",
            "8.1.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:24.709823925Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://bugs.launchpad.net/neutron/+bug/1558658",
        "https://review.openstack.org/#/c/299021/",
        "https://review.openstack.org/#/c/299023/",
        "https://review.openstack.org/#/c/299025/",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1473",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1474",
        "https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-009.html"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2016-5363",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 431203,
  "published_at": "2016-06-17T15:59:04.32+00:00"
}