CVE-2015-0219

Public Exploit

Description

Django before 1.4.18, 1.6.x before 1.6.10, and 1.7.x before 1.7.3 allows remote attackers to spoof WSGI headers by using an _ (underscore) character instead of a - (dash) character in an HTTP header, as demonstrated by an X-Auth_User header.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 3.72% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory djangoproject.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/62718 third party advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148608.html vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:036 vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148696.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/62285 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00035.html vendor advisory
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/jan/13/security/ exploit patch vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2469-1 patch vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00001.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/62309 third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:109 vendor advisory
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0026.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148485.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-0219?
CVE-2015-0219 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-0219?
To fix CVE-2015-0219, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-0219 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2015-0219 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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