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FKIE_CVE-2016-7401

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-10-03 18:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:52
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
The cookie parsing code in Django before 1.8.15 and 1.9.x before 1.9.10, when used on a site with Google Analytics, allows remote attackers to bypass an intended CSRF protection mechanism by setting arbitrary cookies.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2038.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2039.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2040.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2041.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2042.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2043.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3678Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93182Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036899Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3089-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/sep/26/security-releases/Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2038.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2039.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2040.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2041.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2042.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2043.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3678Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93182Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036899Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3089-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/sep/26/security-releases/Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04
djangoproject django *
djangoproject django 1.9.0
djangoproject django 1.9.1
djangoproject django 1.9.2
djangoproject django 1.9.3
djangoproject django 1.9.4
djangoproject django 1.9.5
djangoproject django 1.9.6
djangoproject django 1.9.7
djangoproject django 1.9.8
djangoproject django 1.9.9
debian debian_linux 8.0
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