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Ubuntu 13.10: 2062-1 Moderate: OpenStack Horizon Information Exposure

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2073-1 warns of a critical vulnerability in the kernel that could lead to privilege escalation, putting user data at risk.
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:

Chris Chapman discovered cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities

in Horizon via the Volumes and Network Topology pages. An authenticated

attacker could exploit these to conduct stored cross-site scripting (XSS)

attacks against users viewing these pages in order to modify the contents

or steal confidential data within the same domain.

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 13.10:
  python-django-horizon           1:2013.2-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 13.04:
  python-django-horizon           1:2013.1.4-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 12.10:
  python-django-horizon           2012.2.4-0ubuntu1.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2062-1

CVE-2013-6858

=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2062-1

Package Information

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