CVE-2014-0482

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.0
Exploit probability—
ProductDjango
PublishedAug 26, 2014
First seenAug 26, 2014

How to fix

Update
  • django1.4.14, 1.5.9, 1.6.6, 1.7c3 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
djangoproject django1.6, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3, 1.6.4, 1.6.5, v ≤ 1.4.13, 1.4, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.4, 1.4.5, 1.4.6, 1.4.7, 1.4.8, 1.4.9, 1.4.10, 1.4.11, 1.4.12, 1.7, 1.5, 1.5.1, 1.5.2, 1.5.3, 1.5.4, 1.5.5, 1.5.6, 1.5.7, 1.5.8—
opensuse opensuse12.3, 13.1—
djangoPyPIv < 1.4.14, 1.5 ≤ v < 1.5.9, 1.6 ≤ v < 1.6.6, 1.7a1 ≤ v < 1.7c31.4.14, 1.5.9, 1.6.6, 1.7c3

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