USN-1004-1: Django vulnerability
13 October 2010
Django could be made to insert arbitrary content into web forms.
Releases
Packages
- python-django - High-level Python web development framework
Details
It was discovered that Django did not properly sanitize the cookie value
when applying CSRF protections resulting in a cross-site scripting (XSS)
vulnerability. With cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, if a user were
tricked into viewing server output during a crafted server request, a
remote attacker could exploit this to modify the contents, or steal
confidential data, within the same domain.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 10.10
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.