Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : OpenStack Horizon vulnerability (USN-4675-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 144745

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4675-1 advisory.

- An issue was discovered in OpenStack Horizon before 15.3.2, 16.x before 16.2.1, 17.x and 18.x before 18.3.3, 18.4.x, and 18.5.x. There is a lack of validation of the next parameter, which would allow someone to supply a malicious URL in Horizon that can cause an automatic redirect to the provided malicious URL. (CVE-2020-29565)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4675-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 144745

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4675-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/5/2021

Updated: 10/20/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-29565

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openstack-dashboard, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openstack-dashboard-common, 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-auth, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-django-horizon, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-django-openstack-auth

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/5/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/4/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-29565

USN: 4675-1