CVE-2012-4520
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
6.4
VIR risk
6.4
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4520
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2012/oct/17/security/
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/51314
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/51033
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1.4.2-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.4.2-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.4.2-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.4.2-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.4.2-1 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4520
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/92d3430f12171f16f566c9050c40feefb830a4a3
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/9305c0e12d43c4df999c3301a1f0c742264a657e
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/b45c377f8f488955e0c7069cad3f3dd21910b071
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/30/4
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2012/oct/17/security
- https://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2634
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140417023920/http://securitytracker.com/id?1027708
- https://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1757-1
- https://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1632-1
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090970.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090904.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090666.html
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2012-7.yaml
- https://github.com/django/django
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=865164
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=691145
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=691145
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090666.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090904.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090970.html
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1632-1
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1757-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2634
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/30/4
CWEs
CWE-20
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.