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title: "CVE-2014-8578\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-8578

Publication date 31 October 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Groups panel in OpenStack
Dashboard (Horizon) before 2013.2.4, 2014.1 before 2014.1.2, and Juno
before Juno-2 allows remote administrators to inject arbitrary web script
or HTML via a user email address, a different vulnerability than
CVE-2014-3475.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8578?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| horizon | 14.10 utopic | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1:2014.1.2-0ubuntu1.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8578?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS not affected, introduced by:
https://review.openstack.org/gitweb?p=openstack/horizon.git

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| horizon | * Upstream:   <https://review.openstack.org/105478> * Upstream:   <https://review.openstack.org/105477> * Upstream:   <https://review.openstack.org/105476> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8578)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8578)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-8578)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8578)

### Other references

* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/08/6>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8578>