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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS USN-1439-1 Moderate Horizon Information Exposure

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Calendar Grey May 7, 2012
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Explore updates for Horizon vulnerabilities in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS exposing sensitive information over the network.
Horizon could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

Summary

Horizon could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

Software Description:

- horizon: Web interface for OpenStack cloud infrastructure

Details:

Matthias Weckbecker discovered a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability

in Horizon via the log viewer refrash mechanism. If a user were tricked

into viewing a specially crafted log message, a remote attacker could

exploit this to modify the contents or steal confidential data within the

same domain. (CVE-2012-2094)

Thomas Biege discovered a session fixation vulnerability in Horizon. An

attacker could exploit this to potentially allow access to unauthorized

information and capabilities. (CVE-2012-2144)

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Ubuntu information exposure horizon

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  python-django-horizon           2012.1-0ubuntu8.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1439-1

CVE-2012-2094, CVE-2012-2144

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May 07, 2012

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Ubuntu information exposure horizon

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/horizon/2012.1-0ubuntu8.1

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