Ubuntu 14.10 USN-2469-1 Moderate: Django Security Flaws

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January 13, 2015

Several security issues were fixed in Django.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Django.

Software Description:

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

Details:

Jedediah Smith discovered that Django incorrectly handled underscores in

WSGI headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to spoof

headers in certain environments. (CVE-2015-0219)

Mikko Ohtamaa discovered that Django incorrectly handled user-supplied

redirect URLs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a

cross-site scripting attack. (CVE-2015-0220)

Alex Gaynor discovered that Django incorrectly handled reading files in

django.views.static.serve(). A remote attacker could possibly use this

issue to cause Django to consume resources, resulting in a denial of

service. (CVE-2015-0221)

Keryn Knight discovered that Django incorrectly handled forms with

ModelMultipleChoiceField. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue

to cause a large number of SQL queries, resulting in a database de...

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Topics Covered

security advisory cross-site scripting DoS Ubuntu python-django header spoofing

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.10:
  python-django                   1.6.6-1ubuntu2.1
  python3-django                  1.6.6-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  python-django                   1.6.1-2ubuntu0.6

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  python-django                   1.3.1-4ubuntu1.13

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  python-django                   1.1.1-2ubuntu1.14

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