UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6596

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6596
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6596.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6596
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:44:30Z
Published
2018-02-03T21:29:00Z
Modified
2025-07-17T16:53:52Z
Severity
  • 9.1 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

webhooks/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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / django-anymail

Package

Name
django-anymail
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/django-anymail@1.3-1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.3-1

Affected versions

0.*

0.11.1-1

1.*

1.0-1
1.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "python-django-anymail",
            "binary_version": "1.3-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-django-anymail",
            "binary_version": "1.3-1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}