1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-2062-1

USN-2062-1: OpenStack Horizon vulnerability

Publication date

20 December 2013

Overview

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

Releases

Packages

  • 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.

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

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
13.10 saucy python-django-horizon –  1:2013.2-0ubuntu1.1
13.04 raring python-django-horizon –  1:2013.1.4-0ubuntu1.1
12.10 quantal python-django-horizon –  2012.2.4-0ubuntu1.1

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