CVE-2009-2659

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Published 2022-05-02 · Modified 2024-02-08

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CVSS v3

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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

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Description

The Admin media handler in core/servers/basehttp.py in Django 1.0 and 0.96 does not properly map URL requests to expected "static media files," which allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks and read arbitrary files via a crafted URL.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

30%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`1.1-1`
sid	Fixed	`1.1-1`
forky	Fixed	`1.1-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`1.1-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`1.1-1`

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
PyPI	django	`>=0.96.0,<0.96.4`	`0.96.4`
PyPI	django	`>=1.0,<1.0.3`	`1.0.3`
PyPI	django	`<1.1`	`1.1`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.