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Red Hat OpenStack: RHSA-2013:1521-01 Moderate: Django Security Issues

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Calendar Grey November 14, 2013
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Caution alert for python-django packages addresses two vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenStack. Update strongly advised at this time.
Updated python-django packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat OpenStack 3.0

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Summary

Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and a clean, pragmatic design. It focuses on automating as much as possible and adhering to the DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself) principle.
It was discovered that the django.utils.http.is_safe_url() function considered any URL that used a scheme other than HTTP or HTTPS (for example, "javascript:") as safe. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. (CVE-2013-6044)
A directory traversal flaw was found in Django's "ssi" template tag, which takes a file path as input and outputs that file's contents. An attacker able to alter templates that made use of the "ssi" tag on a site could use this flaw to access any local files accessible to Django. (CVE-2013-4315)
Red Hat would like to thank James Bennett of Django for reporting CVE-2013-4315.
All python-django users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct these issues.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat XSS directory traversal moderate severity python-django

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4315 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6044 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

OpenStack 3:
Source:
noarch: Django14-1.4.8-1.el6ost.noarch.rpm Django14-doc-1.4.8-1.el6ost.noarch.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package


Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:1521-01
Product: Red Hat OpenStack
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1521.html
Issue date: 2013-11-14

Topic

Updated python-django packages that fix two security issues are nowavailable for Red Hat OpenStack 3.0.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderatesecurity impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link inthe References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat XSS directory traversal moderate severity python-django

Relevant Releases Architectures

OpenStack 3 - noarch

Bugs Fixed

1004969 - CVE-2013-4315 python-django: directory traversal with "ssi" template tag

1016394 - CVE-2013-6044 python-django: xss in is_safe_url function

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