USN-1004-1: Django vulnerability

Publication date

13 October 2010

Overview

Django could be made to insert arbitrary content into web forms.

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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.

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

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
10.10 maverick python-django –  1.2.3-1ubuntu0.1

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