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Red Hat Enterprise OpenStack 4.0: RHSA-2014-1188-01 Moderate: XSS Threat

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New python-django-horizon updates have been released to address various security vulnerabilities assessed as Moderate for Red Hat users.
Updated python-django-horizon packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0

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/articles/11258

Summary

OpenStack Dashboard (horizon) provides administrators and users with a graphical interface to access, provision, and automate cloud-based resources.
A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in the way orchestration templates were handled. An owner of such a template could use this flaw to perform XSS attacks against other Horizon users. (CVE-2014-3473)
It was found that network names were not sanitized. A malicious user could use this flaw to perform XSS attacks against other Horizon users by creating a network with a specially crafted name. (CVE-2014-3474)
It was found that certain email addresses were not sanitized. An administrator could use this flaw to perform XSS attacks against other Horizon users by storing an email address that has a specially crafted name. (CVE-2014-3475)
A persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in the horizon host aggregate interface. A user with sufficient privileges to add a host aggregate could potentially use this flaw to capture the credentials of another user. (CVE-2014-3594)
Red Hat would like to thank the OpenStack project for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges Jason Hullinger from Hewlett Packard as the original reporter of CVE-2014-3473, Craig Lorentzen from Cisco as the original reporter of CVE-2014-3474, Michael Xin from Rackspace as the original reporter of CVE-2014-3475, and Dennis Felsch and Mario Heiderich from the Horst Görtz Institute for IT-Security, Ruhr-University Bochum as the original reporter of CVE-2014-3594.
All python-django-horizon users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct these issues.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3473 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3474 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3475 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3594 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0:
Source: python-django-horizon-2013.2.3-3.el6ost.src.rpm
noarch: openstack-dashboard-2013.2.3-3.el6ost.noarch.rpm openstack-dashboard-theme-2013.2.3-3.el6ost.noarch.rpm python-django-horizon-2013.2.3-3.el6ost.noarch.rpm python-django-horizon-doc-2013.2.3-3.el6ost.noarch.rpm
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:1188-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform
Issue date: 2014-09-15

Topic

Updated python-django-horizon packages that fix multiple security issuesare now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate securityimpact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which givedetailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from theCVE links in the References section.

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0 - noarch

Bugs Fixed

1116090 - CVE-2014-3473 CVE-2014-3474 CVE-2014-3475 openstack-horizon: multiple XSS flaws

1129774 - CVE-2014-3594 openstack-horizon: persistent XSS in Horizon Host Aggregates interface

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