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USN-3851-1: Django vulnerability

9 January 2019

Django could be made to expose spoofed information over the network.

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Releases

Packages

Details

It was discovered that Django incorrectly handled the default 404 page. A
remote attacker could use this issue to spoof content using a malicious
URL.

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Ubuntu Pro provides ten-year security coverage to 25,000+ packages in Main and Universe repositories, and it is free for up to five machines.

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.10
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu 14.04

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

References