5.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2014-8124
OpenStack Horizon DOS vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 12, 2014, 3:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:18 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2014-8124 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Opensuse opensuse
1 Oracle solaris
1 Openstack horizon
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2014-8124.

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

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2014-8124 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2014-8124 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147520.html
    Added Reference http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-December/000308.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00040.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0839.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0845.html
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/61186
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
    Added Reference https://bugs.launchpad.net/horizon/+bug/1394370
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 13, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description A denial of service flaw was found in the OpenStack Dashboard (horizon) when using the db or memcached session engine. An attacker could make repeated requests to the login page, which would result in a large number of unwanted backend session entries, possibly leading to a denial of service. 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.
    Removed CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0839 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0845 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8124 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1169637 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed 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. A denial of service flaw was found in the OpenStack Dashboard (horizon) when using the db or memcached session engine. An attacker could make repeated requests to the login page, which would result in a large number of unwanted backend session entries, possibly leading to a denial of service.
    Added CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0839 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1169637 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8124 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0845 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 09, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00040.html Third Party Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00040.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0839.html Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0839.html Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0845.html Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0845.html Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/61186 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/61186 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html No Types Assigned http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.launchpad.net/horizon/+bug/1394370 Issue Tracking https://bugs.launchpad.net/horizon/+bug/1394370 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-399
    Added CWE NIST CWE-400
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:horizon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2014.1.2 *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:horizon:2014.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:horizon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2014.1 up to (excluding) 2014.1.3 *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:horizon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2014.2.0 up to (excluding) 2014.2.1
    Changed CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Apr. 22, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 26, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 25, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:horizon:2014.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:horizon:2014.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:horizon:2014.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:horizon:2014.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 4 AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-December/000308.html Vendor Advisory http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-December/000308.html Vendor Advisory, Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.launchpad.net/horizon/+bug/1394370 Vendor Advisory https://bugs.launchpad.net/horizon/+bug/1394370 Issue Tracking
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147520.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147520.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/61186 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/61186 Third Party Advisory, Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0845.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0845.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0839.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0839.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00040.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00040.html Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 30, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0845.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0839.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 18, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147520.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00040.html
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 15, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:horizon:2014.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:horizon:2014.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.launchpad.net/horizon/+bug/1394370 No Types Assigned https://bugs.launchpad.net/horizon/+bug/1394370 Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-December/000308.html No Types Assigned http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-December/000308.html Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-399
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 15, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2014-8124 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2014-8124 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

2.78 }} 1.21%

score

0.90329

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability