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HistoryOct 29, 2012 - 12:00 a.m.

[USN-1565-1] OpenStack Horizon vulnerability

2012-10-2900:00:00
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1565-1
September 13, 2012

horizon vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

OpenStack Horizon could help expose sensitive information.

Software Description:

  • horizon: Web interface for OpenStack cloud infrastructure

Details:

Thomas Biege discovered that the Horizon authentication mechanism
did not validate the next parameter. An attacker could use this to
construct a link to legitimate OpenStack web dashboard that redirected
the user to a malicious website after authentication.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
openstack-dashboard 2012.1.3+stable~20120815-691dd2-0ubuntu1.1
python-django-horizon 2012.1.3+stable~20120815-691dd2-0ubuntu1.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1565-1
CVE-2012-3540

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/horizon/2012.1.3+stable~20120815-691dd2-0ubuntu1.1

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