1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1565-1

USN-1565-1: OpenStack Horizon vulnerability

Publication date

13 September 2012

Overview

OpenStack Horizon could help expose sensitive information.

Releases

Packages

  • 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.

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.

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
12.04 precise openstack-dashboard –  2012.1.3+stable~20120815-691dd2-0ubuntu1.1
python-django-horizon –  2012.1.3+stable~20120815-691dd2-0ubuntu1.1

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