Information disclosure in Django - CVE-2015-8213
Published: December 7, 2015 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32379
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8213
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Django Software Foundation
Affected software:
Django
Django
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The get_format function in utils/formats.py in Django before 1.7.x before 1.7.11, 1.8.x before 1.8.7, and 1.9.x before 1.9rc2 might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive application secrets via a settings key in place of a date/time format setting, as demonstrated by SECRET_KEY.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-8213
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/173375.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174770.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00017.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0129.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0156.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0157.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0158.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3404
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77750
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034237
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2816-1
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/316bc3fc9437c5960c24baceb93c73f1939711e4
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/nov/24/security-releases-issued/