USN-2347-1: Django vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 12.04
• Ubuntu 10.04

Packages

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

Details

Florian Apolloner discovered that Django incorrectly validated URLs. A
remote attacker could use this issue to conduct phishing attacks.
(CVE-2014-0480)

David Wilson discovered that Django incorrectly handled file name
generation. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Django to
consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-0481)

David Greisen discovered that Django incorrectly handled certain headers in
contrib.auth.middleware.RemoteUserMiddleware. A remote authenticated user
could use this issue to hijack web sessions. (CVE-2014-0482)

Collin Anderson discovered that Django incorrectly checked if a field
represented a relationship between models in the administrative interface.
A remote authenticated user could use this issue to possibly obtain
sensitive information. (CVE-2014-0483)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04

• python-django - 1.6.1-2ubuntu0.4

Ubuntu 12.04

• python-django - 1.3.1-4ubuntu1.12

Ubuntu 10.04

• python-django - 1.1.1-2ubuntu1.13

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

References

• CVE-2014-0480
• CVE-2014-0481
• CVE-2014-0482
• CVE-2014-0483