HTTP Request Smuggling Affecting python-django package, versions <2.2.19-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2204-PYTHONDJANGO-2783249
  • published17 Feb 2021
  • disclosed15 Feb 2021

Introduced: 15 Feb 2021

CVE-2021-23336  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-444  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:22.04 python-django to version 2.2.19-1 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:22.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

The package python/cpython from 0 and before 3.6.13, from 3.7.0 and before 3.7.10, from 3.8.0 and before 3.8.8, from 3.9.0 and before 3.9.2 are vulnerable to Web Cache Poisoning via urllib.parse.parse_qsl and urllib.parse.parse_qs by using a vector called parameter cloaking. When the attacker can separate query parameters using a semicolon (;), they can cause a difference in the interpretation of the request between the proxy (running with default configuration) and the server. This can result in malicious requests being cached as completely safe ones, as the proxy would usually not see the semicolon as a separator, and therefore would not include it in a cache key of an unkeyed parameter.

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