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High DSA-2332-1 5 CVEs

python-django - several issues

Published Oct 29, 2011 · Updated Mar 9, 2026

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Debian · 5.0 python-django 1.0.2-1+lenny3
Debian · 6.0 python-django 1.2.3-3+squeeze2

Vulnerabilities 5

  • High 7.5

    Denial of service in django

    The verify_exists functionality in the URLField implementation in Django before 1.2.7 and 1.3.x before 1.3.1 relies on Python libraries that attempt access to an arbitrary URL with no timeout, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resour…

  • High 7.5

    Django Might Allow CSRF Requests via URL Verification

    The verify_exists functionality in the URLField implementation in Django before 1.2.7 and 1.3.x before 1.3.1 originally tests a URL's validity through a HEAD request, but then uses a GET request for the new target URL in the case of a redirect, which might al…

  • High 7.5

    Django Vulnerable to Cache Poisoning

    Django before 1.2.7 and 1.3.x before 1.3.1 uses a request's HTTP Host header to construct a full URL in certain circumstances, which allows remote attackers to conduct cache poisoning attacks via a crafted request.

  • High 7.5

    Django Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability

    The CSRF protection mechanism in Django through 1.2.7 and 1.3.x through 1.3.1 does not properly handle web-server configurations supporting arbitrary HTTP Host headers, which allows remote attackers to trigger unauthenticated forged requests via vectors invol…

  • Medium 4.0

    Session manipulation in Django

    django.contrib.sessions in Django before 1.2.7 and 1.3.x before 1.3.1, when session data is stored in the cache, uses the root namespace for both session identifiers and application-data keys, which allows remote attackers to modify a session by triggering us…