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openSUSE Leap 15.2: Crucial XSS Security Fix for Django REST Framework

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Calendar Grey February 21, 2021
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
A significant openSUSE patch addresses a serious XSS vulnerability in python-djangorestframework. Discover further details.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for python-djangorestframework fixes the following issues:

Update to 3.11.2

* Security: Drop urlize_quoted_links template tag in favour of Django's

built-in urlize. Removes a XSS vulnerability for some kinds of content

in the browsable API. (boo#1177205, CVE-2020-25626)

* update Django for APIs book to 3.0 edition

* decode base64 credentials as utf8; adjust tests

* Remove compat urls for Django < 2.0

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update update important python xss issue openSUSE xss fix python-djangorestframework django rest framework

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-322=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (noarch):

python3-djangorestframework-3.11.2-lp152.2.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25626.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1177205

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:0322-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.2 .

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update update important python xss issue openSUSE xss fix python-djangorestframework django rest framework

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