[Openstack-security] [Bug 1369870] Re: The cookies for messages, django_timezone, horizon_pagesize, and horizon_language are not marked as "secure"

Gary W. Smith gary.w.smith at hp.com
Mon Sep 29 20:17:43 UTC 2014


Good catch, Julie. There are probably some messages that could have
sensitive info in them. It appears that as of Django 1.7, this can be
made sure via the SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE setting (
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#session-cookie-
secure)

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Title:
  The cookies for messages, django_timezone,horizon_pagesize, and
  horizon_language are not marked as "secure"

Status in OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon):
  New

Bug description:
  Affected URL: https://Ip_address/settings/
  Affected Entity: messages, django_timezone, horizon_pagesize, and horizon_language
  Risk: It may be possible to steal user and session information (cookies) that was sent during an encrypted session

  Causes: The web application sends non-secure cookies over SSL

  Recommend Fix: Add the 'Secure' attribute to all sensitive cookies

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