SB2015011603 - Input validation error in Django
Published: January 16, 2015 Updated: August 9, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015011603
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0219)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
Django before 1.4.18, 1.6.x before 1.6.10, and 1.7.x before 1.7.3 allows remote attackers to spoof WSGI headers by using an _ (underscore) character instead of a - (dash) character in an HTTP header, as demonstrated by an X-Auth_User header.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0026.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148485.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148608.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148696.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00035.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62285
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62309
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62718
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:036
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:109
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2469-1
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/jan/13/security/