Improper Authentication Affecting python-django package, versions <1.6.6-1


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.44% (75th percentile)
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NVD
5.5 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-PYTHONDJANGO-361185
  • published 26 Aug 2014
  • disclosed 26 Aug 2014

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable 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:unstable 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.