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Debian Security Advisory DSA 4161-1 (python-django - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
James Davis discovered two issues in Django, a high-level Python web development framework, that can lead to a denial-of-service attack. An attacker with control on the input of the django.utils.html.urlize() function or django.utils.text.Truncator's chars() and words() methods could craft a string that might stuck the execution of the application.
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 (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1.7.11-1+deb8u3. For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 1:1.10.7-2+deb9u1. We recommend that you upgrade your python-django packages. For the detailed security status of python-django please refer to its security tracker page linked in the references.