A python-django security update has been relased for Debian Linux
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3010-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso
August 22, 2014 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : python-django
CVE ID : CVE-2014-0480 CVE-2014-0481 CVE-2014-0482 CVE-2014-0483
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Django, a high-level Python
web development framework. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
project identifies the following problems:
CVE-2014-0480
Florian Apolloner discovered that in certain situations, URL
reversing could generate scheme-relative URLs which could
unexpectedly redirect a user to a different host, leading to
phishing attacks.
CVE-2014-0481
David Wilson reported a file upload denial of service vulnerability.
Django's file upload handling in its default configuration may
degrade to producing a huge number of `os.stat()` system calls when
a duplicate filename is uploaded. A remote attacker with the ability
to upload files can cause poor performance in the upload handler,
eventually causing it to become very slow.
CVE-2014-0482
David Greisen discovered that under some circumstances, the use of
the RemoteUserMiddleware middleware and the RemoteUserBackend
authentication backend could result in one user receiving another
user's session, if a change to the REMOTE_USER header occurred
without corresponding logout/login actions.
CVE-2014-0483
Collin Anderson discovered that it is possible to reveal any field's
data by modifying the "popup" and "to_field" parameters of the query
string on an admin change form page. A user with access to the admin
interface, and with sufficient knowledge of model structure and the
appropriate URLs, could construct popup views which would display
the values of non-relationship fields, including fields the
application developer had not intended to expose in such a fashion.
For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.4.5-1+deb7u8.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.6.6-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your python-django packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
