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USN-1632-1: Django vulnerability

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USN-1632-1: Django vulnerability

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
11/18/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/06/2013
Modified
07/09/2020

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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-python-django

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