[manjaro-security] [arch-security] [ASA-201610-13] python-django: cross-site request forgery

[Levente Polyak]

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201610-13
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Severity: Medium
Date    : 2016-10-21
CVE-ID  : CVE-2016-7401
Package : python-django
Type    : cross-site request forgery
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CVE

Summary
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The package python-django before version 1.10.1-1 is vulnerable to
cross-site request forgery.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 1.10.1-1.

# pacman -Syu "python-django>=1.10.1-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 1.10.1.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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Sergey Bobrov found a vulnerability where an interaction between
Google Analytics and Django's cookie parsing could allow an attacker to
set arbitrary cookies leading to a bypass of CSRF protection.

Impact
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A remote attacker is able to perform cross-site request forgery by
bypassing the protection under certain circumstances.

References
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https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/sep/26/security-releases/
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7401

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