[Openstack] [OSSA 2012-012] Horizon, Open redirect through 'next' parameter (CVE-2012-3540)

Russell Bryant rbryant at redhat.com
Thu Aug 30 15:35:13 UTC 2012


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This advisory included the wrong CVE.  It was CVE-2012-3540.  Sorry
about that.

On 08/30/2012 11:10 AM, Russell Bryant wrote:
> OpenStack Security Advisory: 2012-012 CVE: CVE-2012-3542

This should have been CVE-2012-3540

> Date: August 30, 2012 Title: Open redirect through 'next'
> parameter Impact: Medium Reporter: Thomas Biege (SUSE) Products:
> Horizon Affects: Essex (2012.1)
> 
> Description: Thomas Biege from SUSE reported a vulnerability in
> Horizon authentication mechanism. By adding a malicious 'next'
> parameter to a Horizon authentication URL and enticing an
> unsuspecting user to follow it, the victim might get redirected
> after authentication to a malicious site where useful information
> could be extracted. Only setups running Essex are affected.
> 
> Fixes: 2012.1: 
> https://github.com/openstack/horizon/commit/35eada8a27323c0f83c400177797927aba6bc99b
>
>  References: 
> http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2012-3542

This should have been:

    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2012-3540

> https://bugs.launchpad.net/horizon/+bug/1039077
> 
> Notes: This fix will be included in a future Essex (2012.1)
> release.

- -- 
Russell Bryant
OpenStack Vulnerability Management Team
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