oss-security - [OSSA-2021-006] Neutron: Routes middleware memory leak for nonexistent controllers (CVE-2021-40797)

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Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2021 14:16:09 +0000
From: Jeremy Stanley <fungi@...goth.org>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: [OSSA-2021-006] Neutron: Routes middleware memory leak for
 nonexistent controllers (CVE-2021-40797)

========================================================================
OSSA-2021-006: Routes middleware memory leak for nonexistent controllers
========================================================================

:Date: September 09, 2021
:CVE: CVE-2021-40797


Affects
~~~~~~~
- Neutron: <16.4.1, >=17.0.0 <17.2.1, >=18.0.0 <18.1.1


Description
~~~~~~~~~~~
Slawek Kaplonski with Red Hat reported a vulnerability in Neutron's
routes middleware. 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. All Neutron deployments are
affected.


Patches
~~~~~~~
- https://review.opendev.org/807638 (Queens)
- https://review.opendev.org/807637 (Rocky)
- https://review.opendev.org/807636 (Stein)
- https://review.opendev.org/807635 (Train)
- https://review.opendev.org/807634 (Ussuri)
- https://review.opendev.org/807633 (Victoria)
- https://review.opendev.org/807632 (Wallaby)
- https://review.opendev.org/807335 (Xena)


Credits
~~~~~~~
- Slawek Kaplonski from Red Hat (CVE-2021-40797)


References
~~~~~~~~~~
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/1942179
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-40797


Notes
~~~~~
- The stable/train, stable/stein, stable/rocky, and stable/queens
  branches are under extended maintenance and will receive no new
  point releases, but patches for them are provided as a courtesy.

-- 
Jeremy Stanley

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