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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0482

The contrib.auth.middleware.RemoteUserMiddleware middleware in Django before 1.4.14, 1.5.x before 1.5.9, 1.6.x before 1.6.6, and 1.7 before release candidate 3, when using the contrib.auth.backends.RemoteUserBackend backend, allows remote authenticated users to hijack web sessions via vectors related to the REMOTE_USER header.

Products
python-django
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1.6.6-1
CVEs
CVE-2014-0482
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 21:47 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0482

core-osv · Original source

Published 26 Aug 2014, 14:55 UTC

The contrib.auth.middleware.RemoteUserMiddleware middleware in Django before 1.4.14, 1.5.x before 1.5.9, 1.6.x before 1.6.6, and 1.7 before release candidate 3, when using the contrib.auth.backends.RemoteUserBackend backend, allows remote authenticated users to hijack web sessions via vectors related to the REMOTE_USER header.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0482

python-django

Fixed versions: 1.6.6-1

python-django

Fixed versions: 1.6.6-1

python-django

Fixed versions: 1.6.6-1

Complete source record
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    "summary": "The contrib.auth.middleware.RemoteUserMiddleware middleware in Django before 1.4.14, 1.5.x before 1.5.9, 1.6.x before 1.6.6, and 1.7 before release candidate 3, when using the contrib.auth.backends.RemoteUserBackend backend, allows remote authenticated users to hijack web sessions via vectors related to the REMOTE_USER header.",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 414475,
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