Fedora EPEL 6 update for Django, Django14



| Updated: 2025-04-24
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2012-4520
CWE-ID CWE-20
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Fedora
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

Django14
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Django
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Fedoraproject

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU43328

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [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-2012-4520

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

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.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 6.0

Django14: before 1.4.2-1.el6

Django: before 1.3.4-1.el6

CPE2.3 External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2012-13202


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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