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CVE-2012-4520

Published: 30 October 2012

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
jdstrand
fix introduced LP: #1080204

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
python-django
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Ignored
(end of life)
lucid
Released (1.1.1-2ubuntu1.6)
oneiric
Released (1.3-2ubuntu1.4)
precise
Released (1.3.1-4ubuntu1.3)
quantal
Released (1.4.1-2ubuntu0.1)
upstream
Released (1.4.2-1)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/django/django/commit/92d3430f12171f16f566c9050c40feefb830a4a3 (1.4 branch)
upstream: https://github.com/django/django/commit/b45c377f8f488955e0c7069cad3f3dd21910b071 (1.3 branch)
debdiff: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-django/+bug/1068486