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USN-3195-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5936)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2017-02-10 01:18 – Updated: 2026-02-10 04:41 – Source website

Summary

nova-lxd vulnerability

Details

James Page discovered that Nova-LXD incorrectly set up virtual network devices when creating LXD instances. This could result in an unintended firewall configuration.

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3195-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5936	REPORT
	https://launchpad.net/bugs/1656847	REPORT

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  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "cves_map": {
          "cves": [
            {
              "id": "CVE-2017-5936",
              "severity": [
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                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"
        }
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
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            "binary_version": "13.2.0-0ubuntu1.16.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python-nova-lxd",
            "binary_version": "13.2.0-0ubuntu1.16.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python-nova.lxd",
            "binary_version": "13.2.0-0ubuntu1.16.04.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "nova-lxd",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/nova-lxd@13.2.0-0ubuntu1.16.04.1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
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        }
      ],
      "versions": [
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        "0.19.0-0ubuntu1",
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        "13.0.0~b3-0ubuntu1",
        "13.0.0~b3-0ubuntu2",
        "13.0.0-0ubuntu1",
        "13.0.0-0ubuntu2",
        "13.0.0-0ubuntu3",
        "13.0.0-0ubuntu3.1",
        "13.2.0-0ubuntu1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "James Page discovered that Nova-LXD incorrectly set up virtual network devices\nwhen creating LXD instances. This could result in an unintended firewall\nconfiguration.\n",
  "id": "USN-3195-1",
  "modified": "2026-02-10T04:41:05Z",
  "published": "2017-02-10T01:18:25Z",
  "references": [
    {
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    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://launchpad.net/bugs/1656847"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "nova-lxd vulnerability",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5936"
  ]
}

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5936 (CVE-2017-5936)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2017-02-08 00:00 – Updated: 2025-07-16 04:51 – Source website

Details

OpenStack Nova-LXD before 13.1.1 uses the wrong name for the veth pairs when applying Neutron security group rules for instances, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended security restrictions.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5936	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3195-1	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5936	REPORT

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "nova-compute-lxd",
            "binary_version": "13.2.0-0ubuntu1.16.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python-nova-lxd",
            "binary_version": "13.2.0-0ubuntu1.16.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python-nova.lxd",
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          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
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        "name": "nova-lxd",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/nova-lxd@13.2.0-0ubuntu1.16.04.1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
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            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
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              "fixed": "13.2.0-0ubuntu1.16.04.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "0.18+git201512020918.146ccc8-0ubuntu1",
        "0.19.0-0ubuntu1",
        "13.0.0~b2-0ubuntu2",
        "13.0.0~b3-0ubuntu1",
        "13.0.0~b3-0ubuntu2",
        "13.0.0-0ubuntu1",
        "13.0.0-0ubuntu2",
        "13.0.0-0ubuntu3",
        "13.0.0-0ubuntu3.1",
        "13.2.0-0ubuntu1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "OpenStack Nova-LXD before 13.1.1 uses the wrong name for the veth pairs when applying Neutron security group rules for instances, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended security restrictions.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5936",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:51:52Z",
  "published": "2017-02-08T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5936"
    },
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    },
    {
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    }
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2017-5936"
  ]
}

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