USN-5269-1: Django vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 21.10
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM

Packages

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

Details

Keryn Knight discovered that Django incorrectly handled certain template
tags. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a
cross-site scripting attack. (CVE-2022-22818)

Alan Ryan discovered that Django incorrectly handled file uploads. A remote
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Django to hang, resulting
in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-23833)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 21.10

• python3-django - 2:2.2.24-1ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 20.04

• python3-django - 2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.10

Ubuntu 18.04

• python3-django - 1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.16
• python-django - 1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.16

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

References

• CVE-2022-22818
• CVE-2022-23833

Related notices

• USN-5269-2: python3-django, python-django-doc, python-django-common, python-django