Summary
The remote host is missing an update to python-django announced via advisory DSA 2332-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%202332-1
Insight
Paul McMillan, Mozilla and the Django core team discovered several vulnerabilities in Django, a Python web framework:
CVE-2011-4136
When using memory-based sessions and caching, Django sessions are stored directly in the root namespace of the cache. When user data is stored in the same cache, a remote user may take over a session.
CVE-2011-4137, CVE-2011-4138
Django's field type URLfield by default checks supplied URL's by issuing a request to it, which doesn't time out. A Denial of Service is possible by supplying specially prepared URL's that keep the connection open indefinately or fill the Django's server memory.
CVE-2011-4139
Django used X-Forwarded-Host headers to construct full URL's. This header may not contain trusted input and could be used to poison the cache.
CVE-2011-4140
The CSRF protection mechanism in Django does not properly handle web-server configurations supporting arbitrary HTTP Host headers, which allows remote attackers to trigger unauthenticated forged requests.
For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.2-1+lenny3.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.3-3+squeeze2.
For the testing (wheezy) and unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.1-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your python-django packages.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2011-4136, CVE-2011-4137, CVE-2011-4138, CVE-2011-4139, CVE-2011-4140 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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