CVE-2012-4520

Publication date 30 October 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

The django.http.HttpRequest.get_host function in Django 1.3.x before 1.3.4 and 1.4.x before 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to generate and display arbitrary URLs via crafted username and password Host header values.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
python-django 12.10 quantal
Fixed 1.4.1-2ubuntu0.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1.3.1-4ubuntu1.3
11.10 oneiric
Fixed 1.3-2ubuntu1.4
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 1.1.1-2ubuntu1.6
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life

Notes

jdstrand

fix introduced LP: #1080204

Patch details

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Package Patch details
python-django