CVE-2014-0482

Description

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.

Predictions

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0482
• https://github.com/django/django/commit/0268b855f9eab3377f2821164ef3e66037789e09
• https://github.com/django/django/commit/5307ce565fbedb9cc27cbe7c757b41a00438d37c
• https://github.com/django/django/commit/c9e3b9949cd55f090591fbdc4a114fcb8368b6d9
• https://github.com/django/django/commit/dd68f319b365f6cb38c5a6c106faf4f6142d7d88
• https://github.com/django/django
• https://github.com/django/django/blob/aa3cb3f37265be37d892e2b391ff023e9caee2a4/docs/releases/1.5.9.txt#L42
• https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2014-6.yaml
• https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2014/aug/20/security
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00023.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3010
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59782
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61276
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61281
• https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2014/aug/20/security/
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0482

CWEs

CWE-287