==========================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1004-1           October 13, 2010
python-django vulnerability
CVE-2010-3082
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A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 10.10

This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of
Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the
following package versions:

Ubuntu 10.10:
  python-django                   1.2.3-1ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Details follow:

It was discovered that Django did not properly sanitize the cookie value
when applying CSRF protections resulting in a cross-site scripting (XSS)
vulnerability. With cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, if a user were
tricked into viewing server output during a crafted server request, a
remote attacker could exploit this to modify the contents, or steal
confidential data, within the same domain.


Updated packages for Ubuntu 10.10:

  Source archives:

          Size/MD5:    18499 2e8c4c95d6d40cce184131f1001a01a2
          Size/MD5:     2249 a5cb861587d952430ae73da49a9680cf
          Size/MD5:  6306760 10bfb5831bcb4d3b1e6298d0e41d6603

  Architecture independent packages:

          Size/MD5:  1905856 5f3ed62933c8f4970101ead2d57d7d4f
          Size/MD5:  4212250 8c85dcb4ab4d9701cd546e2e119ae4e3