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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: USN-4742-1 High: Django Remote Access Risk

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Calendar Grey February 22, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A vulnerability in Django allows for unauthorized entry, affecting Ubuntu's security architecture and potentially leading to Web Cache Poisoning incidents.
Django could allow unintended access to network services.

Summary

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity ubuntu network access web cache poisoning web cache django

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.10: python3-django 2:2.2.16-1ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: python3-django 2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.4 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: python-django 1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.11 python3-django 1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.11 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4742-1

CVE-2021-23336

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February 22, 2021

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity ubuntu network access web cache poisoning web cache django

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-django/2:2.2.16-1ubuntu0.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-django/2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.4 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-django/1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.11

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