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Ubuntu 21.10 Security Advisory USN-5269-1: Django XSS and DoS Risks

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Calendar Grey February 3, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Numerous security vulnerabilities have been addressed in Django for Ubuntu distributions, including Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) and Denial of Service (DoS) flaws.
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:

Keryn Knight discovered that Django incorrectly handled certain template

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

cross-site scripting attack. (CVE-2022-22818)

Alan Ryan discovered that Django incorrectly handled file uploads. A remote

attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Django to hang, resulting

in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-23833)

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Topics Covered

security advisory XSS DoS Ubuntu Django

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 21.10:
  python3-django                  2:2.2.24-1ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  python3-django                  2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.10

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  python-django                   1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.16
  python3-django                  1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.16

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5269-1

CVE-2022-22818, CVE-2022-23833

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February 03, 2022

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Topics Covered

security advisory XSS DoS Ubuntu Django

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-django/2:2.2.24-1ubuntu1.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-django/2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.10
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-django/1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.16

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