Ubuntu: USN-2671-1 Moderate: Python-Django Denial Of Service

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July 9, 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:

Eric Peterson and Lin Hua Cheng discovered that Django incorrectly handled

session records. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause a denial

of service. (CVE-2015-5143)

Sjoerd Job Postmus discovered that DJango incorrectly handled newline

characters when performing validation. A remote attacker could use this

issue to perform header injection attacks. (CVE-2015-5144)

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu python-django header injection

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 15.04:
  python-django                   1.7.6-1ubuntu2.1
  python3-django                  1.7.6-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 14.10:
  python-django                   1.6.6-1ubuntu2.3
  python3-django                  1.6.6-1ubuntu2.3

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  python-django                   1.6.1-2ubuntu0.9

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  python-django                   1.3.1-4ubuntu1.17

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