FKIE_CVE-2012-4520

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-11-18 23:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:45
Severity
Summary
The django.http.HttpRequest.get_host function in Django 1.3.x before 1.3.4 and 1.4.x before 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to generate and display arbitrary URLs via crafted username and password Host header values.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=691145
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090666.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090904.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090970.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/51033Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/51314Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://securitytracker.com/id?1027708
secalert@redhat.comhttp://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1632-1
secalert@redhat.comhttp://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1757-1
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2634
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/30/4
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.osvdb.org/86493
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=865164
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/django/django/commit/92d3430f12171f16f566c9050c40feefb830a4a3
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/django/django/commit/9305c0e12d43c4df999c3301a1f0c742264a657e
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/django/django/commit/b45c377f8f488955e0c7069cad3f3dd21910b071
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2012/oct/17/security/Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=691145
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090666.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090904.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/090970.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/51033Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/51314Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1027708
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1632-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1757-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2634
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/30/4
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/86493
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=865164
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/django/django/commit/92d3430f12171f16f566c9050c40feefb830a4a3
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/django/django/commit/9305c0e12d43c4df999c3301a1f0c742264a657e
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/django/django/commit/b45c377f8f488955e0c7069cad3f3dd21910b071
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2012/oct/17/security/Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
djangoproject django 1.3
djangoproject django 1.3
djangoproject django 1.3
djangoproject django 1.3.1
djangoproject django 1.3.2
djangoproject django 1.3.3
djangoproject django 1.4
djangoproject django 1.4.1
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