1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-4675-1

USN-4675-1: OpenStack Horizon vulnerability

Publication date

5 January 2021

Overview

OpenStack Horizon could be made to redirect to a malicious URL.

Releases

Packages

  • horizon - Web interface for OpenStack cloud infrastructure

Details

Pritam Singh discovered that OpenStack Horizon incorrectly validated
certain parameters. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
OpenStack Horizon to redirect to a malicious URL.

Pritam Singh discovered that OpenStack Horizon incorrectly validated
certain parameters. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
OpenStack Horizon to redirect to a malicious URL.

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
20.04 focal openstack-dashboard –  3:18.3.2-0ubuntu0.20.04.4
18.04 bionic openstack-dashboard –  3:13.0.3-0ubuntu2
16.04 xenial openstack-dashboard –  2:9.1.2-0ubuntu5.2

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