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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201510-06 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: Django: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Date: October 31, 2015 |
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Bugs: #554864 |
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ID: 201510-06 |
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Synopsis |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Django, the worst of which |
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may allow a remote attacker to cause Denial of Service. |
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Background |
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Django is a Python-based web framework. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 dev-python/django < 1.8.3 >= 1.8.3 |
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*>= 1.7.9 |
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*>= 1.4.21 |
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Description |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Django: |
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* Session backends create a new record anytime request.session was |
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accessed (CVE-2015-5143) |
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* Built-in validators in Django do not properly sanitize input |
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(CVE-2015-5144) |
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* URL validation included a regular expression that was extremely slow |
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(CVE-2015-5145) |
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Impact |
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A remote attacker may be able cause a Denial of Service condition, |
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inject arbitrary headers, and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All Django 1.8 users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/django-1.8.3" |
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All Django 1.7 users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/django-1.7.9" |
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All Django 1.4 users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/django-1.4.21" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2015-5143 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5143 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2015-5144 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5144 |
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[ 3 ] CVE-2015-5145 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5145 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-06 |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |