CVE-2018-6596

Summary

CVECVE-2018-6596
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-02-03 21:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-03-02 13:56:00 UTC
Descriptionwebhooks/base.py in Anymail (aka django-anymail) before 1.2.1 is prone to a timing attack vulnerability on the WEBHOOK_AUTHORIZATION secret, which allows remote attackers to post arbitrary e-mail tracking events.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Django-anymail Project Django-anymail All All All All
Application Django-anymail Project Django-anymail All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Release v1.2.1 · anymail/django-anymail · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Release Notes
Release v1.3 · anymail/django-anymail · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Release Notes
Security: prevent timing attack on WEBHOOK_AUTHORIZATION secret · anymail/django-anymail@c079983 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4107-1 django-anymail DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Security: prevent timing attack on WEBHOOK_AUTHORIZATION secret · anymail/django-anymail@db586ed · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch
#889450 - django-anymail: CVE-2018-6596: Security issue with timing attack on WEBHOOK_AUTHORIZATION - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 981031 Python (pip) Security Update for django-anymail (GHSA-hxf9-7h4c-f5jv)

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