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neutron — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38598

OpenStack Neutron before 16.4.1, 17.x before 17.1.3, and 18.0.0 allows hardware address impersonation when the linuxbridge driver with ebtables-nft is used on a Netfilter-based platform. By sending carefully crafted packets, anyone in control of a server instance connected to the virtual switch can impersonate the hardware addresses of other systems on the network, resulting in denial of service or in some cases possibly interception of traffic intended for other destinations.

Products
neutron
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
2:18.1.0-2
CVEs
CVE-2021-38598
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 00:38 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38598

core-osv · Original source

Published 23 Aug 2021, 05:15 UTC

OpenStack Neutron before 16.4.1, 17.x before 17.1.3, and 18.0.0 allows hardware address impersonation when the linuxbridge driver with ebtables-nft is used on a Netfilter-based platform. By sending carefully crafted packets, anyone in control of a server instance connected to the virtual switch can impersonate the hardware addresses of other systems on the network, resulting in denial of service or in some cases possibly interception of traffic intended for other destinations.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38598

neutron

Fixed versions: 2:18.1.0-2

neutron

Fixed versions: 2:18.1.0-2

neutron

Fixed versions: 2:18.1.0-2

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38598",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38598",
    "summary": "OpenStack Neutron before 16.4.1, 17.x before 17.1.3, and 18.0.0 allows hardware address impersonation when the linuxbridge driver with ebtables-nft is used on a Netfilter-based platform. By sending carefully crafted packets, anyone in control of a server instance connected to the virtual switch can impersonate the hardware addresses of other systems on the network, resulting in denial of service or in some cases possibly interception of traffic intended for other destinations.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38598",
    "products": [
      {
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        },
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        },
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          }
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          ],
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          ],
          "package": {
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          },
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          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T18:03:31.815744769Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2021-38598"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-38598"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-38598",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 421804,
  "published_at": "2021-08-23T05:15:08.193+00:00"
}