CVE-2014-125056

Pylons horus services.py timing discrepancy

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: January 7, 2023 at 09:06 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:04 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsHorusHorus

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability was found in Pylons horus and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file horus/flows/local/services.py. The manipulation leads to observable timing discrepancy. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The patch is identified as fd56ccb62ce3cbdab0484fe4f9c25c4eda6c57ec. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-217598 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 2014-05-07
Affected range stops below 2014-05-07, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (3)

SignaturePermissions RequiredThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217598
VDB EntryTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/?id.217598

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-208

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