75399 : Django django.contrib.sessions Remote Session Information Manipulation
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Disclosure Date
2011-09-09

Description

Django contains a flaw in the django.contrib.sessions function. The issue is triggered when using the caching backend. With a specially crafted request, a remote attacker can manipulate arbitrary session information.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.2.7 or higher or 1.3.1 or higher, as they have been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Django Software Foundation	Django	1.2.6
		1.3

References

CVE ID: 2011-4136 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 45939 46220 46614 46841 47143
Related OSVDB ID: 75398 75400 75401
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/066389.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-05/msg00037.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2332
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1297-1/
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737366
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2011/sep/09/
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2011/sep/09/security-releases-issued/
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2011/sep/10/127/
Other Advisory URL: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/11/1
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/13/2
Vendor URL: https://www.djangoproject.com/

Credit

Paul McMillan

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.8
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2011-10-19 | Disagree?

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