CVE-2012-2144: OpenStack Horizon Session Fixation

CVE-2012-2144 · Severity: info · Published 2012-06-05

Session fixation vulnerability in OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon) folsom-1 and 2012.1 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via the sessionid cookie.

Technologies: horizon (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2012-2144 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2012-2144 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2012-2144?
Informational severity, published 5 June 2012.
Which products and versions are affected?
horizon (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=8.0.0a0, GIT:introduced=0,fixed=041b1c44c7d6cf5429505067c32f8f35166a8bab|ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0.
Is there a fix for CVE-2012-2144?
Yes. horizon (PyPI): upgrade to 8.0.0a0 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2012-2144?
Check whether you run horizon (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • horizon (PyPI): upgrade to 8.0.0a0 or later
    pip install "horizon>=8.0.0a0"

Affected products

  • horizon (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=8.0.0a0, GIT:introduced=0,fixed=041b1c44c7d6cf5429505067c32f8f35166a8bab|ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0

Identifiers

  • CVE-2012-2144
  • GHSA-w7h9-8wr4-hwqh
  • PYSEC-2012-33

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