USN-2720-1: Django vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 15.04
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

• python-django - High-level Python web development framework

Details

Lin Hua Cheng discovered that Django incorrectly handled the session store.
A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the session store to fill
up, resulting in a denial of service.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 15.04

• python-django - 1.7.6-1ubuntu2.2
• python3-django - 1.7.6-1ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 14.04

• python-django - 1.6.1-2ubuntu0.10

Ubuntu 12.04

• python-django - 1.3.1-4ubuntu1.18

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

References

• CVE-2015-5963
• CVE-2015-5964