USN-4224-1: Django vulnerability
USN-4224-1: Django vulnerability python-django vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 19.10 Ubuntu 19.04 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary Django accounts could be hijacked through password reset requests. Software Description python-django – High-level Python web development framework Details Simon Charette discovered that the password reset functionality in Django used a Unicode case insensitive query to retrieve accounts associated with an email address. An attacker could possibly use this to obtain password reset tokens and hijack accounts. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 19.10 python-django – 1:1.11.22-1ubuntu1.1 python3-django – 1:1.11.22-1ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 19.04 python-django – 1:1.11.20-1ubuntu0.3 python3-django – 1:1.11.20-1ubuntu0.3 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS python-django – 1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.6 python3-django – 1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.6 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS python-django – 1.8.7-1ubuntu5.11 python3-django – 1.8.7-1ubuntu5.11 To update your system, please follow [ more… ]