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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201510-06
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: Django: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: October 31, 2015
     Bugs: #554864
       ID: 201510-06

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Django, the worst of which
may allow a remote attacker to cause Denial of Service.

Background
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Django is a Python-based web framework.

Affected packages
=================

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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  dev-python/django            < 1.8.3                    >= 1.8.3
                                                            *>= 1.7.9
                                                           *>= 1.4.21

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Django:

* Session backends create a new record anytime request.session was
  accessed (CVE-2015-5143)
* Built-in validators in Django do not properly sanitize input
  (CVE-2015-5144)
* URL validation included a regular expression that was extremely slow
  (CVE-2015-5145)

Impact
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A remote attacker may be able cause a Denial of Service condition,
inject arbitrary headers, and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Django 1.8 users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/django-1.8.3"

All Django 1.7 users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/django-1.7.9"

All Django 1.4 users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/django-1.4.21"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2015-5143
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5143
[ 2 ] CVE-2015-5144
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5144
[ 3 ] CVE-2015-5145
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5145

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-06

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5