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Debian: DSA-4161-1 Critical: Django Denial-Of-Service Attack

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Calendar Grey April 1, 2018
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Django security patch DSA-4161-2 tackles potential abuse from data handling flaws in Python web apps, preventing service interruption.
James Davis discovered two issues in Django, a high-level Python web development framework, that can lead to a denial-of-service attack

Summary


For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed
in version 1.7.11-1+deb8u3.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in
version 1:1.10.7-2+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your python-django packages.

For the detailed security status of python-django please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/python-django

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: python-django
CVE ID: CVE-2018-7536 CVE-2018-7537

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