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Debian 1.2.3-3+squeeze Critical: Python-Django Session Fixation

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Calendar Grey May 19, 2014
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Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Django, a high-level Python web development framework

Summary

CVE-2014-0472

Benjamin Bach discovered that Django incorrectly handled dotted
Python paths when using the reverse() URL resolver function. An
attacker able to request a specially crafted view from a Django
application could use this issue to cause Django to import arbitrary
modules from the Python path, resulting in possible code execution.

CVE-2014-0473

Paul McMillan discovered that Django incorrectly cached certain
pages that contained CSRF cookies. A remote attacker could use this
flaw to acquire the CSRF token of a different user and bypass
intended CSRF protections in a Django application.

CVE-2014-0474

Michael Koziarski discovered that certain Django model field classes
did not properly perform type conversion on their arguments, which
allows remote attackers to obtain unexpected results.

CVE-2014-1418

Michael Nelson, Natalia Bidart and James Westby discovered that
cached data in Django could be served to a different session, or to
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Package: python-django
CVE ID: CVE-2014-0472 CVE-2014-0473 CVE-2014-0474 CVE-2014-1418

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