USN-2539-1: Django vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 14.10
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 12.04
• Ubuntu 10.04

Packages

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

Details

Andrey Babak discovered that Django incorrectly handled strip_tags. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Django to enter an
infinite loop, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.10. (CVE-2015-2316)

Daniel Chatfield discovered that Django incorrectly handled user-supplied
redirect URLs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a
cross-site scripting attack. (CVE-2015-2317)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.10

• python-django - 1.6.6-1ubuntu2.2
• python3-django - 1.6.6-1ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 14.04

• python-django - 1.6.1-2ubuntu0.8

Ubuntu 12.04

• python-django - 1.3.1-4ubuntu1.16

Ubuntu 10.04

• python-django - 1.1.1-2ubuntu1.17

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

References

• CVE-2015-2316
• CVE-2015-2317