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Vulnerability Instance

Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.

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    "summary": "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.",
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