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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Django vulnerabilities (USN-4084-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 127801

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

It was discovered that Django incorrectly handled the Truncator function. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Django to consume resources, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2019-14232)

It was discovered that Django incorrectly handled the strip_tags function. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Django to consume resources, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2019-14233)

It was discovered that Django incorrectly handled certain lookups in the PostgreSQL support. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform SQL injection attacks. (CVE-2019-14234)

It was discovered that Django incorrectly handled certain invalid UTF-8 octet sequences. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Django to consume resources, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2019-14235).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected python-django, python-django-common and / or python3-django packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4084-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 127801

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4084-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/12/2019

Updated: 10/21/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-14234

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-django, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-django-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-django, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/1/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/2/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-14232, CVE-2019-14233, CVE-2019-14234, CVE-2019-14235

USN: 4084-1