CVE-2014-0473 Django Reuses Cached CSRF Token

What is CVE-2014-0473?

CVE-2014-0473 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 23 Apr 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The caching framework in Django before 1.4.11, 1.5.x before 1.5.6, 1.6.x before 1.6.3, and 1.7.x before 1.7 beta 2 reuses a cached CSRF token for all anonymous users, which allows remote attackers to bypass CSRF protections by reading the CSRF cookie for anonymous users.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0473?

7 open source packages ship an affected version, including django and Django. It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Djangoproject Django.

How do I fix CVE-2014-0473?

Upgrade django to a fixed version for your release line: 1.4.11, 1.5.6 or 1.6.3.

Is CVE-2014-0473 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0473 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0473, GHSA-89hj-xfx5-7q66, PYSEC-2014-2, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0473.