CVE-2014-8124

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.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.95% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory openstack.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugs.launchpad.net/horizon/+bug/1394370 issue tracking third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/61186 third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0845.html vendor advisory broken link
http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-December/000308.html mailing list patch vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147520.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0839.html vendor advisory broken link
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00040.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-8124?
CVE-2014-8124 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-8124?
To fix CVE-2014-8124, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-8124 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2014-8124 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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