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Debian: CVE-2016-7401: python-django -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2016-7401: python-django -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
09/26/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/31/2017
Modified
03/02/2020

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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-python-django

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