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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : OpenStack Horizon vulnerability (USN-3447-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 103810

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

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.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3447-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 103810

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3447-1.nasl

Version: 3.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/12/2017

Updated: 10/23/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-4428

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openstack-dashboard, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openstack-dashboard-ubuntu-theme, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-django-horizon, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-django-openstack, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/11/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/12/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-4428

USN: 3447-1