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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : python-django (MDVSA-2015:109)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 82362

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated python-django packages fix security vulnerabilities :

Jedediah Smith discovered that Django incorrectly handled underscores in WSGI headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to spoof headers in certain environments (CVE-2015-0219).

Mikko Ohtamaa discovered that Django incorrectly handled user-supplied redirect URLs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a cross-site scripting attack (CVE-2015-0220).

Alex Gaynor discovered that Django incorrectly handled reading files in django.views.static.serve(). A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Django to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2015-0221).

Keryn Knight discovered that Django incorrectly handled forms with ModelMultipleChoiceField. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a large number of SQL queries, resulting in a database denial of service. Note that this issue only affected python-django (CVE-2015-0222).

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the contents function in admin/helpers.py in Django before 1.7.6 and 1.8 before 1.8b2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a model attribute in ModelAdmin.readonly_fields, as demonstrated by a \@property (CVE-2015-2241).

The utils.html.strip_tags function in Django 1.6.x before 1.6.11, 1.7.x before 1.7.7, and 1.8.x before 1.8c1, when using certain versions of Python, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by increasing the length of the input string (CVE-2015-2316).

The utils.http.is_safe_url function in Django before 1.4.20, 1.5.x, 1.6.x before 1.6.11, 1.7.x before 1.7.7, and 1.8.x before 1.8c1 does not properly validate URLs, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a control character in a URL, as demonstrated by a \x08javascript: URL (CVE-2015-2317).

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0026.html

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0127.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 82362

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2015-109.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 3/30/2015

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:python-django, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:python-django-bash-completion, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:python-django-doc, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:python3-django, cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 3/29/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-0219, CVE-2015-0220, CVE-2015-0221, CVE-2015-0222, CVE-2015-2241, CVE-2015-2316, CVE-2015-2317

MDVSA: 2015:109