USN-3254-1: Django vulnerabilities
USN-3254-1: Django vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3254-1 4th April, 2017 python-django vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 16.10 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in Django. Software description python-django – High-level Python web development framework Details It was discovered that Django incorrectly handled numeric redirect URLs. Aremote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform XSS attacks, andto use a Django server as an open redirect. (CVE-2017-7233) Phithon Gong discovered that Django incorrectly handled certain URLs whenthe jango.views.static.serve() view is being used. A remote attacker couldpossibly use a Django server as an open redirect. (CVE-2017-7234) Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 16.10: python3-django 1.8.7-1ubuntu8.2 python-django 1.8.7-1ubuntu8.2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: python3-django 1.8.7-1ubuntu5.5 python-django 1.8.7-1ubuntu5.5 [ more… ]