commit 95893e4b4225a7ec8cd4a13fbcc0b329a9517c0d
Author: Aymeric Augustin <aymeric.augustin@m4x.org>
Date:   Sat Mar 29 14:48:15 2014 +0100

    Prevented leaking the CSRF token through caching.
    
    This is a security fix. Disclosure will follow shortly.

diff --git a/django/middleware/cache.py b/django/middleware/cache.py
index e13a8c3..7bbc167 100644
--- a/django/middleware/cache.py
+++ b/django/middleware/cache.py
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ import warnings
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.cache import get_cache, DEFAULT_CACHE_ALIAS
-from django.utils.cache import get_cache_key, learn_cache_key, patch_response_headers, get_max_age
+from django.utils.cache import (get_cache_key, get_max_age, has_vary_header,
+    learn_cache_key, patch_response_headers)
 
 
 class UpdateCacheMiddleware(object):
@@ -90,8 +91,15 @@ class UpdateCacheMiddleware(object):
         if not self._should_update_cache(request, response):
             # We don't need to update the cache, just return.
             return response
+
         if response.streaming or response.status_code != 200:
             return response
+
+        # Don't cache responses that set a user-specific (and maybe security
+        # sensitive) cookie in response to a cookie-less request.
+        if not request.COOKIES and response.cookies and has_vary_header(response, 'Cookie'):
+            return response
+
         # Try to get the timeout from the "max-age" section of the "Cache-
         # Control" header before reverting to using the default cache_timeout
         # length.
diff --git a/tests/cache/tests.py b/tests/cache/tests.py
index 7413a4a..04ef21b 100644
--- a/tests/cache/tests.py
+++ b/tests/cache/tests.py
@@ -19,12 +19,14 @@ from django.core import management
 from django.core.cache import get_cache
 from django.core.cache.backends.base import (CacheKeyWarning,
     InvalidCacheBackendError)
+from django.core.context_processors import csrf
 from django.db import router, transaction
 from django.core.cache.utils import make_template_fragment_key
 from django.http import (HttpResponse, HttpRequest, StreamingHttpResponse,
     QueryDict)
 from django.middleware.cache import (FetchFromCacheMiddleware,
     UpdateCacheMiddleware, CacheMiddleware)
+from django.middleware.csrf import CsrfViewMiddleware
 from django.template import Template
 from django.template.response import TemplateResponse
 from django.test import TestCase, TransactionTestCase, RequestFactory
@@ -1578,6 +1580,10 @@ def hello_world_view(request, value):
     return HttpResponse('Hello World %s' % value)
 
 
+def csrf_view(request):
+    return HttpResponse(csrf(request)['csrf_token'])
+
+
 @override_settings(
         CACHE_MIDDLEWARE_ALIAS='other',
         CACHE_MIDDLEWARE_KEY_PREFIX='middlewareprefix',
@@ -1797,6 +1803,28 @@ class CacheMiddlewareTest(IgnorePendingDeprecationWarningsMixin, TestCase):
         response = other_with_prefix_view(request, '16')
         self.assertEqual(response.content, b'Hello World 16')
 
+    def test_sensitive_cookie_not_cached(self):
+        """
+        Django must prevent caching of responses that set a user-specific (and
+        maybe security sensitive) cookie in response to a cookie-less request.
+        """
+        csrf_middleware = CsrfViewMiddleware()
+        cache_middleware = CacheMiddleware()
+
+        request = self.factory.get('/view/')
+        self.assertIsNone(cache_middleware.process_request(request))
+
+        csrf_middleware.process_view(request, csrf_view, (), {})
+
+        response = csrf_view(request)
+
+        response = csrf_middleware.process_response(request, response)
+        response = cache_middleware.process_response(request, response)
+
+        # Inserting a CSRF cookie in a cookie-less request prevented caching.
+        self.assertIsNone(cache_middleware.process_request(request))
+
+
 @override_settings(
         CACHE_MIDDLEWARE_KEY_PREFIX='settingsprefix',
         CACHE_MIDDLEWARE_SECONDS=1,