CVE-2014-0472

Publication date 22 April 2014

Last updated 10 October 2025

Ubuntu priority

Description

The django.core.urlresolvers.reverse function in Django before 1.4.11, 1.5.x before 1.5.6, 1.6.x before 1.6.3, and 1.7.x before 1.7 beta 2 allows remote attackers to import and execute arbitrary Python modules by leveraging a view that constructs URLs using user input and a "dotted Python path."

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
python-django	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed in 1.6.1-2ubuntu0.1
	13.10 saucy	Fixed in 1.5.4-1ubuntu1.1
	12.10 quantal	Fixed in 1.4.1-2ubuntu0.5
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed in 1.3.1-4ubuntu1.9
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed in 1.1.1-2ubuntu1.10

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References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2169-1
Django vulnerabilities
22 April 2014

Other references

https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2014/apr/21/security/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0472