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Red Hat OpenStack 3.0 RHSA-2014:0365-01 Moderate XSS Fix Advisory

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Calendar Grey April 3, 2014
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Recent security patch from Red Hat for python-django-horizon addresses a critical XSS vulnerability. OpenStack users are advised to perform the upgrade.
Updated python-django-horizon packages that fix one security issue and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 3.0

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Summary

OpenStack Dashboard (horizon) provides administrators and users a graphical interface to access, provision and automate cloud-based resources. The dashboard allows cloud administrators to get an overall view of the size and state of the cloud and it provides end-users a self-service portal to provision their own resources within the limits set by administrators.
A flaw was found in the way OpenStack Dashboard sanitized the Instance Name string. By embedding HTML tags in an Instance Name, a remote attacker could use this flaw to execute a script within a victim's browser, resulting in a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. Note that only setups using OpenStack Dashboard were affected. (CVE-2013-6858)
The python-django-horizon packages have been upgraded to upstream version 2013.1.5, which provides a number of bug fixes over the previous version. (BZ#1080584)
All python-django-horizon users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct these issues.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat update XSS OpenStack python-django-horizon

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6858 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

OpenStack 3:
Source:
noarch: openstack-dashboard-2013.1.5-1.el6ost.noarch.rpm python-django-horizon-2013.1.5-1.el6ost.noarch.rpm python-django-horizon-doc-2013.1.5-1.el6ost.noarch.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key#package


Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:0365-01
Product: Red Hat OpenStack
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0365.html
Issue date: 2014-04-03

Topic

Updated python-django-horizon packages that fix one security issue andseveral bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStackPlatform 3.0.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Moderatesecurity impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link inthe References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat update XSS OpenStack python-django-horizon

Relevant Releases Architectures

OpenStack 3 - noarch

Bugs Fixed

1034153 - CVE-2013-6858 openstack: horizon multiple XSS vulnerabilities.

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