CVE-2014-8124

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2014-8124 · Published 12/12/2014 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2014-8124 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting horizon (openstack).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.9%, higher than 87.1% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2014.1.3, 2014.2.1 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
horizon openstack	`≥ 2014.1, < 2014.1.3≥ 2014.2.0, < 2014.2.1`	`2014.1.32014.2.1`

Description

OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon) before 2014.1.3 and 2014.2.x before 2014.2.1 does not properly handle session records when using a db or memcached session engine, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large number of requests to the login page.

References

lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147520.html · Third Party Advisory
lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-December/000308.html · Patch
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00040.html · Mailing List
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0839.html · Broken Link
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0845.html · Broken Link
secunia.com/advisories/61186 · Third Party Advisory
oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html · Third Party Advisory
bugs.launchpad.net/horizon/+bug/1394370 · Issue Tracking

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

horizon

openstack

≥ 2014.1, < 2014.1.3≥ 2014.2.0, < 2014.2.1

2014.1.32014.2.1

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