Improper Authentication Affecting python-django package, versions <1.6.6-1
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- published 26 Aug 2014
- disclosed 26 Aug 2014
Introduced: 26 Aug 2014
CVE-2014-0482 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:12
python-django
to version 1.6.6-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-django
package and not the python-django
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:12
relevant fixed versions and status.
The contrib.auth.middleware.RemoteUserMiddleware middleware in Django before 1.4.14, 1.5.x before 1.5.9, 1.6.x before 1.6.6, and 1.7 before release candidate 3, when using the contrib.auth.backends.RemoteUserBackend backend, allows remote authenticated users to hijack web sessions via vectors related to the REMOTE_USER header.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0482
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2014/aug/20/security/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3010
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00023.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59782
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61276
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61281
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-0482