CVE-2016-7401
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
The cookie parsing code in Django before 1.8.15 and 1.9.x before 1.9.10, when used on a site with Google Analytics, allows remote attackers to bypass an intended CSRF protection mechanism by setting arbitrary cookies.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
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
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Ubuntu Affected 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 16.04 | Affected | — |
| 14.04 | Affected | — |
| 12.04 | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 6 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1:1.10-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1:1.10-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1:1.10-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1:1.10-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1:1.10-1 |
| 8.0 | Affected | — |
Arch Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Fixed | 1.10.1-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| djangoproject | django | {"endIncluding":"1.8.14"} | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.9.0 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.9.1 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.9.2 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.9.3 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.9.4 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.9.5 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.9.6 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.9.7 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.9.8 | |
| djangoproject | django | 1.9.9 | |
References
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201610-13
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2038.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2039.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2040.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2041.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2042.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2043.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3678
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93182
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036899
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3089-1
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/sep/26/security-releases/
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7401.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7401
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/6118ab7d0676f0d622278e5be215f14fb5410b6a
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/6fe846a8f08dc959003f298b5407e321c6fe3735
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/d1bc980db1c0fffd6d60677e62f70beadb9fe64a
- https://github.com/django/django
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2016-3.yaml
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200227223637/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93182
- https://web.archive.org/web/20210927195154/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036899
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/sep/26/security-releases
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7401
CWEs
CWE-254
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.