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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-3540

Original release date:09/05/2012
Last revised:09/13/2012
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Open redirect vulnerability in views/auth_forms.py in OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon) Essex (2012.1) allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a URL in the next parameter to auth/login/. NOTE: this issue was originally assigned CVE-2012-3542 by mistake.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:5.8 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 4.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification

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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://github.com/openstack/horizon/commit/35eada8a27323c0f83c400177797927aba6bc99b
Type: Patch Information; Exploit
External Source: MLIST
Name: [openstack] 20120830 Re: [OSSA 2012-012] Horizon, Open redirect through 'next' parameter (CVE-2012-3540)
External Source: MLIST
Name: [openstack] 20120830 [OSSA 2012-012] Horizon, Open redirect through 'next' parameter (CVE-2012-3542)
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugs.launchpad.net/horizon/+bug/1039077
External Source: XF
Name: openstackdashboard-next-open-redirect(78196)
External Source: BID
Name: 55329
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20120830 Re: [Openstack] [OSSA 2012-012] Horizon, Open redirect through 'next' parameter (CVE-2012-3540)
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20120830 [OSSA 2012-012] Horizon, Open redirect through 'next' parameter (CVE-2012-3542)
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 50480
Type: Advisory

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