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 1.6.1-2ubuntu0.1
	13.10 saucy	Fixed 1.5.4-1ubuntu1.1
	12.10 quantal	Fixed 1.4.1-2ubuntu0.5
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 1.3.1-4ubuntu1.9
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 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