Upstream information

CVE-2011-4136 at MITRE

Description

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 use of a key that is equal to that session's identifier.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5.8
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 718045 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

    openSUSE-SU-2012:0653-1

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 19:19:15 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:17:34 2025