CVE-2009-2659

Description

The Admin media handler in core/servers/basehttp.py in Django 1.0 and 0.96 does not properly map URL requests to expected "static media files," which allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks and read arbitrary files via a crafted URL.

Predictions

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2659
• https://github.com/django/django/commit/da85d76fd6ca846f3b0ff414e042ddb5e62e2e69
• https://github.com/django/django/commit/df7f917b7f51ba969faa49d000ffc79572c5dcb4
• https://github.com/django/django
• https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2009-3.yaml
• https://web.archive.org/web/20111211001428/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35859
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00055.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00069.html
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=539134
• http://code.djangoproject.com/changeset/11353
• http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2009/jul/28/security
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/29/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35859
• http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2009/jul/28/security/
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36137
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36153
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2659