CVE-2014-0482
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
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.
Find out more about CVE-2014-0482 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score | 5.8 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | None |
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Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 | Django | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) | python-django | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0 | Django14 | Will not fix |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank the upstream Django project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges David Greisen as the original reporter.External References
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