USN-2671-1: Django vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2671-1

9th July, 2015

python-django vulnerabilities

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

• Ubuntu 15.04
• Ubuntu 14.10
• 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

Eric Peterson and Lin Hua Cheng discovered that Django incorrectly handled
session records. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause a denial
of service. (CVE-2015-5143)

Sjoerd Job Postmus discovered that DJango incorrectly handled newline
characters when performing validation. A remote attacker could use this
issue to perform header injection attacks. (CVE-2015-5144)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 15.04:

python3-django 1.7.6-1ubuntu2.1

python-django 1.7.6-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 14.10:

python3-django 1.6.6-1ubuntu2.3

python-django 1.6.6-1ubuntu2.3

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

python-django 1.6.1-2ubuntu0.9

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:

python-django 1.3.1-4ubuntu1.17

To update your system, please follow these instructions: http://ift.tt/17VXqjU.

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

References

CVE-2015-5143, CVE-2015-5144

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