USN-4043-1: Django vulnerabilities
python-django vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 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 certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.10 and Ubuntu 19.04.
(CVE-2019-12308)
Gavin Wahl discovered that Django incorrectly handled certain requests.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass credentials and
access administrator interface. (CVE-2019-12781)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- python-django – 1:1.11.20-1ubuntu0.1
- python3-django – 1:1.11.20-1ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 18.10
- python-django – 1:1.11.15-1ubuntu1.3
- python3-django – 1:1.11.15-1ubuntu1.3
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- python-django – 1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.4
- python3-django – 1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.4
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- python-django – 1.8.7-1ubuntu5.9
- python3-django – 1.8.7-1ubuntu5.9
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.