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.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2015-0219 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score | 5.8 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | None |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 | Django | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 | python-django | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) | python-django | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0 | Django14 | Not affected |
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