Input validation error in Django - CVE-2011-4139
Published: October 19, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44587
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-4139
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 manipulate data.
Django before 1.2.7 and 1.3.x before 1.3.1 uses a request's HTTP Host header to construct a full URL in certain circumstances, which allows remote attackers to conduct cache poisoning attacks via a crafted request.
How to mitigate CVE-2011-4139
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/11/1
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/13/2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46614
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2332
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737366
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14700881
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2011/sep/09/
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2011/sep/10/127/