CVE-2011-0696 Information

Description

Django 1.1.x before 1.1.4 and 1.2.x before 1.2.5 does not properly validate HTTP requests that contain an X-Requested-With header which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks via forged AJAX requests that leverage a \combination of browser plugins and redirects\ a related issue to CVE-2011-0447.

Reference

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/054207.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/054208.html http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/09/6 http://secunia.com/advisories/43230 http://secunia.com/advisories/43297 http://secunia.com/advisories/43382 http://secunia.com/advisories/43426 http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2163 http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2011/feb/08/security/ http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:031 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46296 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1066-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0372 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0388 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0429 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0439 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0441 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676357