Access Restriction Bypass Affecting python-django package, versions <1.8.7-1ubuntu5.4


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.66% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-PYTHONDJANGO-361009
  • published9 Dec 2016
  • disclosed9 Dec 2016

Introduced: 9 Dec 2016

CVE-2016-9014  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 python-django to version 1.8.7-1ubuntu5.4 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.

Django before 1.8.x before 1.8.16, 1.9.x before 1.9.11, and 1.10.x before 1.10.3, when settings.DEBUG is True, allow remote attackers to conduct DNS rebinding attacks by leveraging failure to validate the HTTP Host header against settings.ALLOWED_HOSTS.