USN-2671-1: Django vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 15.04
• Ubuntu 14.10
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

• python-django - High-level Python web development framework

Details

Eric Peterson and Lin Hua Cheng discovered that Django incorrectly handled
session records. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause a denial
of service. (CVE-2015-5143)

Sjoerd Job Postmus discovered that DJango incorrectly handled newline
characters when performing validation. A remote attacker could use this
issue to perform header injection attacks. (CVE-2015-5144)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 15.04

• python-django - 1.7.6-1ubuntu2.1
• python3-django - 1.7.6-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 14.10

• python-django - 1.6.6-1ubuntu2.3
• python3-django - 1.6.6-1ubuntu2.3

Ubuntu 14.04

• python-django - 1.6.1-2ubuntu0.9

Ubuntu 12.04

• python-django - 1.3.1-4ubuntu1.17

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2015-5143
• CVE-2015-5144