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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2740-2 (python-django - cross-site scripting vulnerability)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

4.3

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

8 years ago

Modified

Modified

7 months ago

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Summary

Nick Brunn reported a possible cross-site scripting vulnerability in python-django, a high-level Python web development framework. The is_safe_url utility function used to validate that a used URL is on the current host to avoid potentially dangerous redirects from maliciously-constructed querystrings, worked as intended for HTTP and HTTPS URLs, but permitted redirects to other schemes, such as javascript:. The is_safe_url function has been modified to properly recognize and reject URLs which specify a scheme other than HTTP or HTTPS, to prevent cross-site scripting attacks through redirecting to other schemes.

Affected Software

Affected Software

python-django on Debian Linux

Detection Method

Detection Method

This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.

Solution

Solution

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.3-3+squeeze6. For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.5-1+deb7u2. For the testing distribution (jessie) and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.5.2-1. We recommend that you upgrade your python-django packages.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)

References

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