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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2671-1
July 09, 2015

python-django vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

– Ubuntu 15.04
– Ubuntu 14.10
– Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Django.

Software Description:
– 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 LTS:
python-django 1.6.1-2ubuntu0.9

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
python-django 1.3.1-4ubuntu1.17

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

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2671-1
CVE-2015-5143, CVE-2015-5144

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-django/1.7.6-1ubuntu2.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-django/1.6.6-1ubuntu2.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-django/1.6.1-2ubuntu0.9
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-django/1.3.1-4ubuntu1.17

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