Gentoo Archives: gentoo-announce

From: Kristian Fiskerstrand <k_f@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201510-06 ] Django: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2015 15:26:49
Message-Id: 5634DCD8.2050408@gentoo.org
1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201510-06
3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
4 https://security.gentoo.org/
5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
6
7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Django: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: October 31, 2015
10 Bugs: #554864
11 ID: 201510-06
12
13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
14
15 Synopsis
16 ========
17
18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Django, the worst of which
19 may allow a remote attacker to cause Denial of Service.
20
21 Background
22 ==========
23
24 Django is a Python-based web framework.
25
26 Affected packages
27 =================
28
29 -------------------------------------------------------------------
30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
31 -------------------------------------------------------------------
32 1 dev-python/django < 1.8.3 >= 1.8.3
33 *>= 1.7.9
34 *>= 1.4.21
35
36 Description
37 ===========
38
39 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Django:
40
41 * Session backends create a new record anytime request.session was
42 accessed (CVE-2015-5143)
43 * Built-in validators in Django do not properly sanitize input
44 (CVE-2015-5144)
45 * URL validation included a regular expression that was extremely slow
46 (CVE-2015-5145)
47
48 Impact
49 ======
50
51 A remote attacker may be able cause a Denial of Service condition,
52 inject arbitrary headers, and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks.
53
54 Workaround
55 ==========
56
57 There is no known workaround at this time.
58
59 Resolution
60 ==========
61
62 All Django 1.8 users should upgrade to the latest version:
63
64 # emerge --sync
65 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/django-1.8.3"
66
67 All Django 1.7 users should upgrade to the latest version:
68
69 # emerge --sync
70 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/django-1.7.9"
71
72 All Django 1.4 users should upgrade to the latest version:
73
74 # emerge --sync
75 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/django-1.4.21"
76
77 References
78 ==========
79
80 [ 1 ] CVE-2015-5143
81 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5143
82 [ 2 ] CVE-2015-5144
83 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5144
84 [ 3 ] CVE-2015-5145
85 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5145
86
87 Availability
88 ============
89
90 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
91 the Gentoo Security Website:
92
93 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-06
94
95 Concerns?
96 =========
97
98 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
99 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
100 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
101 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
102 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
103
104 License
105 =======
106
107 Copyright 2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
108 belongs to its owner(s).
109
110 The contents of this document are licensed under the
111 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
112
113 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

Attachments

File name MIME type
signature.asc application/pgp-signature