Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2015-195 - 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 attacks via a control character in a URL, as demonstrated by a \x08javascript: URL. The updated packages provides a solution for this security issue.
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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2015:195
http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/
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Package : python-django
Date : April 7, 2015
Affected: Business Server 1.0
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Problem Description:
A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in python-django:
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).
The updated packages provides a solution for this security issue.
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References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2317
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Updated Packages:
Mandriva Business Server 1/X86_64:
a115570d2ab0cb8fd2a1c467526f48fc mbs1/x86_64/python-django-1.3.7-1.8.mbs1.noarch.rpm
d5510819aed0420f9b4e319bbf5390f6 mbs1/SRPMS/python-django-1.3.7-1.8.mbs1.src.rpm
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