1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1040-1

USN-1040-1: Django vulnerabilities

Publication date

7 January 2011

Overview

An attacker could send crafted input to Django and cause it to utilize too many resources.

Releases

Packages

Details

Adam Baldwin discovered that Django did not properly validate query string
lookups. This could be exploited to provide an information leak to an
attacker with admin privilieges. (CVE-2010-4534)

Paul McMillan discovered that Django did not validate the length of the
token used when generating a password reset. An attacker could exploit
this to cause a denial of service via resource exhaustion. (CVE-2010-4535)

Adam Baldwin discovered that Django did not properly validate query string
lookups. This could be exploited to provide an information leak to an
attacker with admin privilieges. (CVE-2010-4534)

Paul McMillan discovered that Django did not validate the length of the
token used when generating a password reset. An attacker could exploit
this to cause a denial of service via resource exhaustion. (CVE-2010-4535)

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
9.10 karmic python-django –  1.1.1-1ubuntu1.1
10.10 maverick python-django –  1.2.3-1ubuntu0.2.10.10.1
10.04 lucid python-django –  1.1.1-2ubuntu1.2

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