Re: [Django] Cookie-based session storage session invalidation issue

[Paul McMillan <paul () mcmillan ws>]

G. S. McNamara:

Perhaps next you will disclose that if an attacker obtains a user's
password, they can log in as that user. Seriously, "full disclosure"
of well documented behavior is not particularly impressive.

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.5/topics/http/sessions/#using-cookie-based-sessions

Cheers,
-Paul

> From: "G. S. McNamara" <main () gsmcnamara com>
> To: <full-disclosure () lists grok org uk>
> Subject: [Full-disclosure] [Django] Cookie-based session storage session invalidation issue
>
> FD,
>
> I’m back!
>
> Django versions 1.4 – 1.7 offer a cookie-based session storage option (not the default > this time) that is afflicted 
> by the same issue I posted about previously concerning Ruby > on Rails:
>
> If you obtain a user’s cookie, even if they log out, you can still log in as them.
>
> The short write-up is here, if needed: 
> http://maverickblogging.com/security-vulnerability-with-django-cookie-based-sessions/
>
> Cheers,

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