Vulnerability identifier: #VU32402
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
Django
Web applications /
CMS
Vendor: Django Software Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
Django before 1.4.21, 1.5.x through 1.6.x, 1.7.x before 1.7.9, and 1.8.x before 1.8.3 uses an incorrect regular expression, which allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via a newline character in an (1) email message to the EmailValidator, a (2) URL to the URLValidator, or unspecified vectors to the (3) validate_ipv4_address or (4) validate_slug validator.
Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versions
Django: 1.4.1 - 1.8.2
External links
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172084.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00043.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00046.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3305
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75665
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032820
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2671-1
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-06
http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/jul/08/security-releases/
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.