CVE-2014-8124

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-8124
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-12-12 15:59:09 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionOpenStack 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-400 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openstack Horizon All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug #1394370 “[OSSA 2014-040] horizon login page is vulnerable t...” : Bugs : OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Broken Link
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Broken Link
Oracle Bulletin Board Update - January 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
OpenStack Open Source Cloud Computing Software » Message: [openstack-announce] [OSSA 2014-040] Horizon denial of service attack through login page (CVE-2014-8124) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.openstack.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2015:0078-1: moderate: Security Update for openstack-dashboa af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: python-django-horizon-2014.1.3-2.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA61186 - OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon) Session Resource Exhaustion Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
CVE-2014-8124 - Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
1169637 – (CVE-2014-8124) CVE-2014-8124 python-django-horizon: denial of service via login page requests MITRE bugzilla.redhat.com
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