[arch-security] [ASA-201610-13] python-django: cross-site request forgery
Levente Polyak
anthraxx at archlinux.org
Fri Oct 21 15:07:10 UTC 2016
Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201610-13
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Severity: Medium
Date : 2016-10-21
CVE-ID : CVE-2016-7401
Package : python-django
Type : cross-site request forgery
Remote : Yes
Link : https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CVE
Summary
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The package python-django before version 1.10.1-1 is vulnerable to
cross-site request forgery.
Resolution
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Upgrade to 1.10.1-1.
# pacman -Syu "python-django>=1.10.1-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 1.10.1.
Workaround
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None.
Description
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Sergey Bobrov found a vulnerability where an interaction between
Google Analytics and Django's cookie parsing could allow an attacker to
set arbitrary cookies leading to a bypass of CSRF protection.
Impact
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A remote attacker is able to perform cross-site request forgery by
bypassing the protection under certain circumstances.
References
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https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/sep/26/security-releases/
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7401
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