Information Exposure Affecting python-django package, versions <1.8.7-1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-PYTHONDJANGO-360992
- published 7 Dec 2015
- disclosed 7 Dec 2015
Introduced: 7 Dec 2015
CVE-2015-8213 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10
python-django
to version 1.8.7-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-django
package and not the python-django
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:10
relevant fixed versions and status.
The get_format function in utils/formats.py in Django before 1.7.x before 1.7.11, 1.8.x before 1.8.7, and 1.9.x before 1.9rc2 might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive application secrets via a settings key in place of a date/time format setting, as demonstrated by SECRET_KEY.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8213
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3404
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/173375.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174770.html
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/316bc3fc9437c5960c24baceb93c73f1939711e4
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/nov/24/security-releases-issued/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00017.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0129.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0156.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0157.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0158.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77750
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034237
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-8213
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2816-1