Input validation error in Django - CVE-2014-1418
Published: May 16, 2014 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33846
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-1418
CWE-ID: CWE-20
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 read and manipulate data.
Django 1.4 before 1.4.13, 1.5 before 1.5.8, 1.6 before 1.6.5, and 1.7 before 1.7b4 does not properly include the (1) Vary: Cookie or (2) Cache-Control header in responses, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or poison the cache via a request from certain browsers.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-1418
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00023.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61281
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2212-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2934
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/14/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/15/3
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2014/may/14/security-releases-issued/