[openstack-dev] [horizon][bug] Mitigation to BREACH vulnerability

Matthias Runge mrunge at redhat.com
Mon Nov 23 10:25:21 UTC 2015


On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 10:00:30PM +0000, BARTRA, RICK wrote:
> Until django releases an official patch for the BREACH vulnerability, I think we should take a look at django-debreach. The django-debreach package provides some, possibly enough, protection against a BREACH attack. Its integration to Horizon is clear by following the configuration found here: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/django-debreach
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> The proposed change to Horizon: https://review.openstack.org/#/c/247838/
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> The proposed change to Requirements: https://review.openstack.org/#/c/248233/

Thank you for proposing this

still I believe, this is
a) security hardening to be done by deployers
b) something not specific to Horizon, and a solution should be integrated in
Django, not just in a single application using Django.

Matthias

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