Information Exposure Affecting python-django package, versions <1:1.11.10-1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-PYTHONDJANGO-361059
- published 5 Feb 2018
- disclosed 5 Feb 2018
Introduced: 5 Feb 2018
CVE-2018-6188 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable
python-django
to version 1:1.11.10-1 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:unstable
relevant fixed versions and status.
django.contrib.auth.forms.AuthenticationForm in Django 2.0 before 2.0.2, and 1.11.8 and 1.11.9, allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information by leveraging data exposure from the confirm_login_allowed() method, as demonstrated by discovering whether a user account is inactive.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-6188
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2018/feb/01/security-releases/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6188
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040422
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-6188
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3559-1/