CVE-2011-4139
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
Django before 1.2.7 and 1.3.x before 1.3.1 uses a request's HTTP Host header to construct a full URL in certain circumstances, which allows remote attackers to conduct cache poisoning attacks via a crafted request.
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 | 1.3.1-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.3.1-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.3.1-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.3.1-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.3.1-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| djangoproject | django | {"endIncluding":"1.2.6"} | |
| djangoproject | django | 0.91 | |
| djangoproject | django | 0.95 | |
| djangoproject | django | 0.95.1 | |
| djangoproject | django | 0.96 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.0 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.0.1 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.0.2 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.1 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.1.0 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.1.2 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.1.3 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.2 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.2.1 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.2.2 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.2.3 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.2.4 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.2.5 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.3 | |
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/11/1
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/13/2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46614
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2332
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737366
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14700881
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2011/sep/09/
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2011/sep/10/127/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4139
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/2f7fadc38efa58ac0a8f93f936b82332a199f396
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/c613af4d6485586c79d692b70a9acac429f3ca9d
- https://github.com/django/django
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2011-4.yaml
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2011/sep/09
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2011/sep/10/127
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4139
CWEs
CWE-20
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