CVE-2014-0473
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
The caching framework in Django before 1.4.11, 1.5.x before 1.5.6, 1.6.x before 1.6.3, and 1.7.x before 1.7 beta 2 reuses a cached CSRF token for all anonymous users, which allows remote attackers to bypass CSRF protections by reading the CSRF cookie for anonymous users.
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
Ubuntu Affected 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 14.04 | Affected | — |
| 13.10 | Affected | — |
| 12.10 | Affected | — |
| 12.04 | Affected | — |
| 10.04 | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.6.3-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.6.3-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.6.3-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.6.3-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.6.3-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| djangoproject | django | 1.5 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.5.1 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.5.2 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.5.3 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.5.4 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.5.5 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.6 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.6.1 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.6.2 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.7 | |
| djangoproject | django | {"endIncluding":"1.4.10"} | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.4 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.4.1 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.4.2 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.4.3 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.4.4 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.4.5 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.4.6 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.4.7 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.4.8 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.4.9 | |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00023.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0456.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0457.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61281
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2934
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2169-1
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2014/apr/21/security/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0473
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/1170f285ddd6a94a65f911a27788ba49ca08c0b0
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/6872f42757d7ef6a97e0b6ec5db4d2615d8a2bd8
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/d63e20942f3024f24cb8cd85a49461ba8a9b6736
- https://github.com/django/django
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2014-2.yaml
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2014/apr/21/security
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0473
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.