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CVE-2014-0482

The contrib.auth.middleware.RemoteUserMiddleware middleware in Django before 1.4.14, 1.5.x before 1.5.9, 1.6.x before 1.

The contrib.auth.middleware.RemoteUserMiddleware middleware in Django before 1.4.14, 1.5.x before 1.5.9, 1.6.x before 1.6.6, and 1.7 before release candidate 3, when using the contrib.auth.backends.RemoteUserBackend backend, allows remote authenticated users to hijack web sessions via vectors related to the REMOTE_USER header.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6 EPSS 0.00711
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Weakness Classification

CWE-287Improper Authentication
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Affected Products & Versions

3
opensuseall versions
djangoproject djangoall versions
djangoproject django<= 1.4.13
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
PyPI django MODERATE fixed in 1.4.14
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productmediumDjango Framework Exceptions
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MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · security@debian.org
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v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD26 Aug 2014 · 02:55 PM
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Vendor Advisories

3
usnUSN-2347-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0563-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0695-1
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00023.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/59782
http://secunia.com/advisories/61276
http://secunia.com/advisories/61281
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3010
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2014/aug/20/security/Vendor Advisory
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