Ubuntu Security Notice 3447-1 - Beth Lancaster and Brandon Sawyers discovered that OpenStack Horizon was incorrect protected against cross-site scripting attacks. A remote authenticated user could use this issue to inject web script or HTML in a dashboard form.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3447-1
October 11, 2017
horizon vulnerability
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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 versions:
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
openstack-dashboard 1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu2.1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3447-1
CVE-2016-4428
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/horizon/1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu2.1