FreeBSD : django -- CSRF protection bypass on a site with Google Analytics (bb022643-84fb-11e6-a4a1-60a44ce6887b)

high Nessus Plugin ID 93755

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

Django Software Foundation reports :

An interaction between Google Analytics and Django's cookie parsing could allow an attacker to set arbitrary cookies leading to a bypass of CSRF protection.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 93755

File Name: freebsd_pkg_bb02264384fb11e6a4a160a44ce6887b.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 9/28/2016

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:py-django, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:py-django18, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:py-django19, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 9/27/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/26/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-7401

Detections

Analytics