Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting python-django package, versions <1.7.7-1
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- published 25 Mar 2015
- disclosed 25 Mar 2015
Introduced: 25 Mar 2015
CVE-2015-2317 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:12
python-django
to version 1.7.7-1 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:12
relevant fixed versions and status.
The utils.http.is_safe_url function in Django before 1.4.20, 1.5.x, 1.6.x before 1.6.11, 1.7.x before 1.7.7, and 1.8.x before 1.8c1 does not properly validate URLs, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a control character in a URL, as demonstrated by a \x08javascript: URL.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-2317
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/mar/18/security-releases/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3204
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155421.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160263.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00035.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73319
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2539-1
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-2317
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:195