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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : horizon vulnerability (USN-1565-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 62073

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

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.

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Solution

Update the affected openstack-dashboard and / or python-django-horizon packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1565-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 62073

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1565-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/13/2012

Updated: 9/19/2019

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-django-horizon, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openstack-dashboard

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/13/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/5/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3540

BID: 55329

USN: 1565-1