Ubuntu Security Notice 2671-1 - Eric Peterson and Lin Hua Cheng discovered that Django incorrectly handled session records. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service. Sjoerd Job Postmus discovered that DJango incorrectly handled newline characters when performing validation. A remote attacker could use this issue to perform header injection attacks.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2671-1
July 09, 2015
python-django vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 15.04
- Ubuntu 14.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in Django.
Software Description:
- python-django: High-level Python web development framework
Details:
Eric Peterson and Lin Hua Cheng discovered that Django incorrectly handled
session records. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause a denial
of service. (CVE-2015-5143)
Sjoerd Job Postmus discovered that DJango incorrectly handled newline
characters when performing validation. A remote attacker could use this
issue to perform header injection attacks. (CVE-2015-5144)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 15.04:
python-django 1.7.6-1ubuntu2.1
python3-django 1.7.6-1ubuntu2.1
Ubuntu 14.10:
python-django 1.6.6-1ubuntu2.3
python3-django 1.6.6-1ubuntu2.3
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
python-django 1.6.1-2ubuntu0.9
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
python-django 1.3.1-4ubuntu1.17
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2671-1
CVE-2015-5143, CVE-2015-5144
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-django/1.7.6-1ubuntu2.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-django/1.6.6-1ubuntu2.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-django/1.6.1-2ubuntu0.9
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-django/1.3.1-4ubuntu1.17