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[USN-2206-1] OpenStack Horizon vulnerability

Posted on 06 May 2014
Ubuntu Security

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2206-1
May 06, 2014

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

- Ubuntu 13.10

Summary:

OpenStack Horizon did not properly process Heat templates.

Software Description:
- horizon: Web interface for OpenStack cloud infrastructure

Details:

Cristian Fiorentino discovered that OpenStack Horizon did not properly
perform input sanitization for Heat templates. If a user were tricked int=
o
using a specially crafted Heat template, an attacker could conduct
cross-site scripting attacks. With cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, =
if
a user were tricked into viewing server output during a crafted server
request, a remote attacker could exploit this to modify the contents, or
steal confidential data, within the same domain.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 13.10:
openstack-dashboard 1:2013.2.3-0ubuntu1.1

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


References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2206-1
CVE-2014-0157

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/horizon/1:2013.2.3-0ubuntu1.1

 

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