USN-3447-1: OpenStack Horizon vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3447-1
11th October, 2017
horizon vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
OpenStack Horizon could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.
Software description
- 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.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
- openstack-dashboard 1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu2.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: http://ift.tt/17VXqjU.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
from Ubuntu Security Notices http://ift.tt/2yEHozj