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title: "CVE-2011-0698\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2011-0698

Publication date 14 February 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Django 1.1.x before 1.1.4 and 1.2.x
before 1.2.5 on Windows might allow remote attackers to read or execute
files via a / (slash) character in a key in a session cookie, related to
session replays.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-0698?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| python-django | 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

windows-specific

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0698)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0698)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-0698)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-0698)

### Other references

* <http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2011/feb/08/security/>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-0698>