In Django 1.10.x before 1.10.8 and 1.11.x before 1.11.5, HTML autoescaping was disabled in a portion of the template for the technical 500 debug page. Given the right circumstances, this allowed a cross-site scripting attack. This vulnerability shouldn't affect most production sites since you shouldn't run with "DEBUG = True" (which makes this page accessible) in your production settings.

This update for python3-Django to version 1.18.18 fixes multiple issues. Security issues fixed :

  - CVE-2018-7537: Fixed catastrophic backtracking in     django.utils.text.Truncator. (bsc#1083305)

  - CVE-2018-7536: Fixed catastrophic backtracking in urlize     and urlizetrunc template filters (bsc#1083304).

  - CVE-2016-7401: CSRF protection bypass on a site with     Google Analytics (bsc#1001374).

  - CVE-2016-2513: User enumeration through timing     difference on password hasher work factor upgrade     (bsc#968000).

  - CVE-2016-2512: Fixed malicious redirect and possible XSS     attack via user-supplied redirect URLs containing basic     auth (bsc#967999).

  - CVE-2016-9013: User with hardcoded password created when     running tests on Oracle (bsc#1008050).

  - CVE-2016-9014: DNS rebinding vulnerability when     DEBUG=True (bsc#1008047).

  - CVE-2017-7234: Open redirect vulnerability in     django.views.static.serve() (bsc#1031451).

  - CVE-2017-7233: Open redirect and possible XSS attack via     user-supplied numeric redirect URLs (bsc#1031450).

  - CVE-2017-12794: Fixed XSS possibility in traceback     section of technical 500 debug page (bsc#1056284)

This update for python-Django to version 1.18.18 fixes multiple issues. Security issues fixed :

  - CVE-2018-7537: Fixed catastrophic backtracking in     django.utils.text.Truncator. (bsc#1083305)

  - CVE-2018-7536: Fixed catastrophic backtracking in urlize     and urlizetrunc template filters (bsc#1083304).

  - CVE-2016-7401: CSRF protection bypass on a site with     Google Analytics (bsc#1001374).

  - CVE-2016-2513: User enumeration through timing     difference on password hasher work factor upgrade     (bsc#968000).

  - CVE-2016-2512: Fixed malicious redirect and possible XSS     attack via user-supplied redirect URLs containing basic     auth (bsc#967999).

  - CVE-2016-9013: User with hardcoded password created when     running tests on Oracle (bsc#1008050).

  - CVE-2016-9014: DNS rebinding vulnerability when     DEBUG=True (bsc#1008047).

  - CVE-2017-7234: Open redirect vulnerability in     django.views.static.serve() (bsc#1031451).

  - CVE-2017-7233: Open redirect and possible XSS attack via     user-supplied numeric redirect URLs (bsc#1031450).

  - CVE-2017-12794: Fixed XSS possibility in traceback     section of technical 500 debug page (bsc#1056284)

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).

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fix CVE-2017-12794 (rhbz#1488764)

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Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Django blog :

In older versions, HTML autoescaping was disabled in a portion of the template for the technical 500 debug page. Given the right circumstances, this allowed a cross-site scripting attack. This vulnerability shouldn't affect most production sites since you shouldn't run with DEBUG = True (which makes this page accessible) in your production settings.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
108641	openSUSE Security Update : python3-Django (openSUSE-2018-318)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
108640	openSUSE Security Update : python-Django (openSUSE-2018-317)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
106675	Ubuntu 17.10 : python-django vulnerabilities (USN-3559-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
103233	Fedora 26 : python-django (2017-8614a6e905)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
102987	FreeBSD : Django -- possible XSS in traceback section of technical 500 debug page (aaab03be-932d-11e7-92d8-4b26fc968492)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	medium

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