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CVE-2014-0482GHSA-625G-GX8C-XCMGPYSEC-2014-6

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

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Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 1.4.14, 1.5.9, 1.6.6, 1.7c3
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
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Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

  • djangoPyPI

    fixed in 1.4.14

  • djangoPyPI

    From 1.5 · fixed in 1.5.9

  • djangoPyPI

    From 1.6 · fixed in 1.6.6

  • djangoPyPI

    From 1.7a1 · fixed in 1.7c3

  • djangoPyPI

    fixed in 1.4.14; From 1.5 · fixed in 1.5.9; From 1.6 · fixed in 1.6.6

References 6

djangoproject.com

secunia.com

lists.opensuse.org

debian.org