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title: "CVE-2012-2144\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-2144

Publication date 4 May 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

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

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| horizon | 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 2012.1-0ubuntu8.1 |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-2144?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| horizon | * Upstream:   [abc532f](https://github.com/openstack/horizon/commit/abc532fa90eac1cc970423339347e318aa8d1b1a) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2144)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2144)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-2144)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2144)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1439-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1439-1)
+ Horizon vulnerabilities
+ 7 May 2012

### Other references

* <https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg11263.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2144>
