1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3447-1

USN-3447-1: OpenStack Horizon vulnerability

Publication date

11 October 2017

Overview

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

Releases

Packages

  • horizon - Web interface for OpenStack cloud infrastructure

Details

Beth Lancaster and Brandon Sawyers discovered that OpenStack Horizon was
incorrect protected against cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. A remote
authenticated user could use this issue to inject web script or HTML in
a dashboard form.

Beth Lancaster and Brandon Sawyers discovered that OpenStack Horizon was
incorrect protected against cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. A remote
authenticated user could use this issue to inject web script or HTML in
a dashboard form.

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
14.04 trusty openstack-dashboard –  1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu2.1

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