USN-3559-1: Django vulnerabilities

USN-3559-1: Django vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3559-1

7th February, 2018

python-django vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:

• Ubuntu 17.10

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 certain requests.
An attacker could possibly use this to access sensitive information.
(CVE-2017-12794, CVE-2018-6188)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 17.10:

python3-django

1:1.11.4-1ubuntu1.1

python-django

1:1.11.4-1ubuntu1.1

To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

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

References

CVE-2017-12794,

CVE-2018-6188

Source: USN-3559-1: Django vulnerabilities