UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6596

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6596

    Published: 3 Feb 2018Last Modified: 17 Jul 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-6596

    Summary:

    Details: webhooks/base.py in Anymail (aka django-anymail) before 1.2.1 is prone to a timing attack vulnerability on the WEBHOOK_AUTHORIZATION secret, which allows remote attackers to post arbitrary e-mail tracking events.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6596, https://github.com/anymail/django-anymail/commit/db586ede1fbb41dce21310ea28ae15a1cf1286c5, https://github.com/anymail/django-anymail/commit/c07998304b4a31df4c61deddcb03d3607a04691b, https://bugs.debian.org/889450, https://github.com/anymail/django-anymail/releases/tag/v1.2.1, https://github.com/anymail/django-anymail/releases/tag/v1.3, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6596

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: django-anymail

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.3-1

    Affected versions

    0.11.1-1

    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