DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4520

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4520

    Published: 18 Nov 2012Last Modified: 5 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-4520

    Summary:

    Details: The django.http.HttpRequest.get_host function in Django 1.3.x before 1.3.4 and 1.4.x before 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to generate and display arbitrary URLs via crafted username and password Host header values.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4520

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: python-django

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/python-django?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.4.2-1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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