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Red Hat OpenStack 8.0 RHSA-2016-1594-01 Moderate: Python-Django XSS Fix

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Calendar Grey August 11, 2016
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Critical security patch for python-django on Red Hat OpenStack Platform addressing vulnerabilities in cross-site scripting. Discover the details!
An update for python-django is now available for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 Operational Tools for RHEL 7

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/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.
Security Fix(es):
* A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in Django. An attacker could exploit the unsafe usage of JavaScript's Element.innerHTML to forge content in the admin's add/change related popup. Element.textContent is now used to prevent XSS data execution. (CVE-2016-6186)
Red Hat would like to thank the upstream Django project for reporting this issue.

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Topics Covered

security advisory cross-site scripting moderate severity python-django Red Hat OpenStack

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6186 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 8.0 Operational Tools for RHEL 7:
Source: python-django-1.8.14-1.el7ost.src.rpm
noarch: python-django-1.8.14-1.el7ost.noarch.rpm python-django-bash-completion-1.8.14-1.el7ost.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/


Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:1594-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1594.html
Issue date: 2016-08-10

Topic

An update for python-django is now available for Red Hat OpenStack Platform8.0 Operational Tools for RHEL 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory cross-site scripting moderate severity python-django Red Hat OpenStack

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 8.0 Operational Tools for RHEL 7 - noarch

Bugs Fixed

1355663 - CVE-2016-6186 django: XSS in admin's add/change related popup

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