CVE-2012-2144

Summary

CVECVE-2012-2144
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-06-05 22:55:11 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionSession fixation vulnerability in OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon) folsom-1 and 2012.1 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via the sessionid cookie.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openstack Horizon 2012.1 All All All
Application Openstack Horizon folsom-1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug #978896 “session fixation vulnerability” : Bugs : OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net
Fixes lp978896 -- Session fixation security fix · openstack/horizon@041b1c4 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Patch
oss-security - [OSSA 2012-006] Horizon session fixation and reuse af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
www.osvdb.org/81741 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
USN-1439-1: Horizon vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: python-django-horizon-2012.1-3.fc17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Security Advisory SA49071 - Ubuntu update for horizon - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
OpenStack Dashboard Horizon Session Fixation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Security Advisory SA49024 - OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon) Session Fixation and Script Insertion Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 996724 Python (Pip) Security Update for horizon (GHSA-w7h9-8wr4-hwqh)

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