CVE-2016-7401
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v2
5.0
VIR risk
7.5
Description
The cookie parsing code in Django before 1.8.15 and 1.9.x before 1.9.10, when used on a site with Google Analytics, allows remote attackers to bypass an intended CSRF protection mechanism by setting arbitrary cookies.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7401
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7401.html
Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/sep/26/security-releases/
Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201610-13
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| arch | fixed | 1.10.1-1 | |
| ubuntu | 12.04 | affected | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 16.04 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:1.10-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:1.10-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:1.10-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:1.10-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:1.10-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| djangoproject | django | {"endIncluding":"1.8.14"} | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.9.0 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.9.1 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.9.2 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.9.3 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.9.4 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.9.5 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.9.6 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.9.7 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.9.8 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.9.9 | |
References
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201610-13
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2038.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2039.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2040.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2041.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2042.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2043.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3678
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93182
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036899
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3089-1
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/sep/26/security-releases/
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7401.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7401
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/6118ab7d0676f0d622278e5be215f14fb5410b6a
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/6fe846a8f08dc959003f298b5407e321c6fe3735
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/d1bc980db1c0fffd6d60677e62f70beadb9fe64a
- https://github.com/django/django
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2016-3.yaml
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200227223637/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93182
- https://web.archive.org/web/20210927195154/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036899
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/sep/26/security-releases
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7401
CWEs
CWE-254
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.