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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1565-1

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1565-1
Posted Sep 14, 2012
Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 1565-1 - 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.

tags | advisory, web
systems | linux, ubuntu
advisories | CVE-2012-3540
SHA-256 | 812f48cccf540f40acdfa9f208f5a9fc6997a10f42d0192b5df2b1fe2ec4f1e2

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1565-1

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==========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1565-1
September 13, 2012

horizon vulnerability
==========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

OpenStack Horizon could help expose sensitive information.

Software Description:
- 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.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
openstack-dashboard 2012.1.3+stable~20120815-691dd2-0ubuntu1.1
python-django-horizon 2012.1.3+stable~20120815-691dd2-0ubuntu1.1

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

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1565-1
CVE-2012-3540

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/horizon/2012.1.3+stable~20120815-691dd2-0ubuntu1.1
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