USN-1632-1: Django vulnerability
15 November 2012
python-django vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 11.10
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Summary
Django could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.
Software Description
- python-django - High-level Python web development framework
Details
James Kettle discovered Django did not properly filter the Host HTTP header when processing certain requests. An attacker could exploit this to generate and display arbitrary URLs to users.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 12.10
- python-django - 1.4.1-2ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- python-django - 1.3.1-4ubuntu1.3
- Ubuntu 11.10
- python-django - 1.3-2ubuntu1.4
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
- python-django - 1.1.1-2ubuntu1.6
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.