CVE-2014-8124 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon) versions prior to 2014.1.3 and 2014.2.1, affecting products like Fedora, OpenStack, openSUSE, and Oracle. This flaw allows remote attackers to disrupt service by overwhelming the system with numerous login page requests, particularly when using database or memcached session engines due to improper session record handling. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), it is a medium-severity issue, indicating low attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2014.1, < 2014.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openstack:horizon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2014.2.0, < 2014.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openstack:horizon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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