Ubuntu 4043-1: Discovering Critical Attack Vectors in Django Framework

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July 1, 2019

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:

It was discovered that Django incorrectly handled certain inputs.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.10 and Ubuntu 19.04.

(CVE-2019-12308)

Gavin Wahl discovered that Django incorrectly handled certain requests.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass credentials and

access administrator interface. (CVE-2019-12781)

Topics Covered

security advisory software update arbitrary code execution ubuntu python-django web framework credentials bypass

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 19.04:
  python-django                   1:1.11.20-1ubuntu0.1
  python3-django                  1:1.11.20-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.10:
  python-django                   1:1.11.15-1ubuntu1.3
  python3-django                  1:1.11.15-1ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  python-django                   1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.4
  python3-django                  1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.4

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  python-django                   1.8.7-1ubuntu5.9
  python3-django                  1.8.7-1ubuntu5.9

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