USN-3089-1: Django vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

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

Details

Sergey Bobrov discovered that Django incorrectly parsed cookies when being
used with Google Analytics. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to set arbitrary cookies leading to a CSRF protection bypass.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04

• python-django - 1.8.7-1ubuntu5.2
• python3-django - 1.8.7-1ubuntu5.2

Ubuntu 14.04

• python-django - 1.6.1-2ubuntu0.15

Ubuntu 12.04

• python-django - 1.3.1-4ubuntu1.21

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

References

• CVE-2016-7401