Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affecting python-django package, versions <0:1.8.15-1.el7ost


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.42% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-PYTHONDJANGO-5112179
  • published26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed26 Sept 2016

Introduced: 26 Sep 2016

CVE-2016-7401  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-352  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 python-django to version 0:1.8.15-1.el7ost or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:2042.

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 RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The cookie parsing code in Django before 1.8.15 and 1.9.x before 1.9.10, when used on a site with Google Analytics, allows remote attackers to bypass an intended CSRF protection mechanism by setting arbitrary cookies.