Fluid Attacks Database

Description

Django Middleware Enables Session Hijacking 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.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Component	Affected version	Patched versions
pypi	django	>=0 <1.4.14 \|\| >=1.5 <1.5.9 \|\| >=1.6 <1.6.6 \|\| >=1.7a1 <1.7c3	1.4.14, 1.5.9, 1.6.6, 1.7c3
debian 11	python-django	>=0 <1.6.6-1	1.6.6-1
debian 13	python-django	>=0 <1.6.6-1	1.6.6-1
debian 12	python-django	>=0 <1.6.6-1	1.6.6-1
debian 14	python-django	>=0 <1.6.6-1	1.6.6-1

Aliases

1. CVE-2014-04822. NVD-2014-04823. OSV-2014-04824. OSV-DEBIAN-2014-04825. GCVE-2014-04826. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2014-0482

References

1. https://github.com/django/django/commit/0268b855f9eab3377f2821164ef3e66037789e092. https://github.com/django/django/commit/5307ce565fbedb9cc27cbe7c757b41a00438d37c3. https://github.com/django/django/commit/c9e3b9949cd55f090591fbdc4a114fcb8368b6d94. https://github.com/django/django/commit/dd68f319b365f6cb38c5a6c106faf4f6142d7d885. https://github.com/django/django/blob/aa3cb3f37265be37d892e2b391ff023e9caee2a4/docs/releases/1.5.9.txt#L426. https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2014-6.yaml7. https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2014/aug/20/security8. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00023.html9. http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3010

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