OSSA-2012-012: Open redirect through ‘next’ parameter¶
- Date:
August 30, 2012
- CVE:
CVE-2012-3540
Affects¶
Horizon: Essex (2012.1)
Description¶
Thomas Biege from SUSE reported a vulnerability in Horizon authentication mechanism. By adding a malicious ‘next’ parameter to a Horizon authentication URL and enticing an unsuspecting user to follow it, the victim might get redirected after authentication to a malicious site where useful information could be extracted. Only setups running Essex are affected.
Patches¶
Credits¶
Thomas Biege from SUSE (CVE-2012-3540)
