CVE-2014-0482

Advisory

Django 1.4.14, 1.5.9, 1.6.6 and 1.7rc3 include a fix for CVE-2014-0482: 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.

Affected package

Affected versions

Fixed versions

Vulnerability changelog

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.


CONFIRM:https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2014/aug/20/security/: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2014/aug/20/security/
DEBIAN:DSA-3010: http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3010
SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2014:1132: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00023.html
SECUNIA:59782: http://secunia.com/advisories/59782
SECUNIA:61276: http://secunia.com/advisories/61276
SECUNIA:61281: http://secunia.com/advisories/61281

Resources

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0482
• http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3010
• https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2014/aug/20/security/
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59782
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00023.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61281
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61276