Ubuntu 12.10 USN-1632-1 High Severity: Django Information Exposure

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November 16, 2012

Django could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

Summary

Django could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

Software Description:

- python-django: High-level Python web development framework

Details:

James Kettle discovered Django did not properly filter the Host HTTP header

when processing certain requests. An attacker could exploit this to

generate and display arbitrary URLs to users.

Topics Covered

high severity Ubuntu information exposure python-django Django USN

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.10:
  python-django                   1.4.1-2ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  python-django                   1.3.1-4ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 11.10:
  python-django                   1.3-2ubuntu1.4

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  python-django                   1.1.1-2ubuntu1.6

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