CVE-2014-0482

Publication date 26 August 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
python-django 14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.6.1-2ubuntu0.4
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1.3.1-4ubuntu1.12
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 1.1.1-2ubuntu1.13

Patch details

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Package Patch details
python-django

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-2347-1
    • Django vulnerabilities
    • 16 September 2014

Other references