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USN-1560-1: Django vulnerabilities

10 September 2012

Applications using Django could be made to crash or expose sensitive information.

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It was discovered that Django incorrectly validated the scheme of a
redirect target. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted
URL, an attacker could possibly exploit this to conduct cross-site
scripting (XSS) attacks. (CVE-2012-3442)

It was discovered that Django incorrectly handled validating certain
images. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause the server to
consume memory, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2012-3443)

Jeroen Dekkers discovered that Django incorrectly handled certain image
dimensions. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause the server to
consume resources, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2012-3444)

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04
Ubuntu 11.10
Ubuntu 11.04
Ubuntu 10.04

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