Mageia: 2021-0135 Moderate: Python-Django Cache Poisoning Threat
mageia
March 14, 2021
Django contains a copy of urllib.parse.parse_qsl() which was added to backport some security fixes to prevent web cache poisoning
Summary
Django contains a copy of urllib.parse.parse_qsl() which was added to backport
some security fixes to prevent web cache poisoning. A further security fix has
been issued recently such that parse_qsl() no longer allows using ; as a query
parameter separator by default (CVE-2021-23336).
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28395
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2021/feb/19/security-releases/
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4742-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-23336
Resolution
SRPMS
- 8/core/python-django-3.1.7-1.mga8
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Publication date: 14 Mar 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0135.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2021-23336
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