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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS USN-1565-1 Critical: OpenStack Horizon Sensitive Exposure

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OpenStack Horizon might reveal critical data. Mitigate this risk through appropriate patches.
OpenStack Horizon could help expose sensitive information.

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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical Ubuntu authentication web interface sensitive exposure horizon

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

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1565-1

CVE-2012-3540

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September 13, 2012

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical Ubuntu authentication web interface sensitive exposure horizon

Package Information

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

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