USN-2347-1

Florian Apolloner discovered that Django incorrectly validated URLs. A remote attacker could use this issue to conduct phishing attacks. (CVE-2014-0480)

David Wilson discovered that Django incorrectly handled file name generation. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Django to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-0481)

David Greisen discovered that Django incorrectly handled certain headers in contrib.auth.middleware.RemoteUserMiddleware. A remote authenticated user could use this issue to hijack web sessions. (CVE-2014-0482)

Collin Anderson discovered that Django incorrectly checked if a field represented a relationship between models in the administrative interface. A remote authenticated user could use this issue to possibly obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2014-0483)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / python-django

Package

Name: python-django
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-django@1.6.1-2ubuntu0.4?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.6.1-2ubuntu0.4

Affected versions

1.*

1.5.4-1ubuntu1

1.6-1

1.6.1-1

1.6.1-2

1.6.1-2ubuntu0.1

1.6.1-2ubuntu0.2

1.6.1-2ubuntu0.3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.6.1-2ubuntu0.4",
            "binary_name": "python-django"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2014-0480",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "low",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2014-0481",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "low",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2014-0482",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2014-0483",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "low",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}