SB2012111905 - Input validation error in Django
Published: November 19, 2012 Updated: August 11, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2012111905
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-4520)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
The django.http.HttpRequest.get_host function in Django 1.3.x before 1.3.4 and 1.4.x before 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to generate and display arbitrary URLs via crafted username and password Host header values.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=691145
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090666.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090904.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090970.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51033
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51314
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1027708
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1632-1
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1757-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2634
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/30/4
- http://www.osvdb.org/86493
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=865164
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/92d3430f12171f16f566c9050c40feefb830a4a3
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/9305c0e12d43c4df999c3301a1f0c742264a657e
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/b45c377f8f488955e0c7069cad3f3dd21910b071
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2012/oct/17/security/