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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2015-036

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2015-036
Posted Feb 9, 2015
Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2015-036 - 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. 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. 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.

tags | advisory, remote, denial of service, spoof, xss
systems | linux, mandriva
advisories | CVE-2015-0219, CVE-2015-0220, CVE-2015-0221
SHA-256 | 212e2d83ea64299229d2b7ec344d965843afb8af3da853f762e1f9a4d5f63fb2

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2015-036

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2015:036
http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/
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Package : python-django
Date : February 6, 2015
Affected: Business Server 1.0
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Problem 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).
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0219
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0220
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0221
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0026.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2469-1/
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Updated Packages:

Mandriva Business Server 1/X86_64:
6aca823622d72f52dd8cfa51ef4c29ed mbs1/x86_64/python-django-1.3.7-1.7.mbs1.noarch.rpm
d808bb116f807286495653b08605380d mbs1/SRPMS/python-django-1.3.7-1.7.mbs1.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the
GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_(at)_mandriva.com
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pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
<security*mandriva.com>
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