Security Features Affecting python-django package, versions <1.8.7-1ubuntu5.2
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- published3 Oct 2016
- disclosed3 Oct 2016
Introduced: 3 Oct 2016
CVE-2016-7401 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 python-django to version 1.8.7-1ubuntu5.2 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 Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 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.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-7401
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3678
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7401
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/sep/26/security-releases/
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2038.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2039.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2040.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2041.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2042.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2043.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93182
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036899
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3089-1