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Open Redirect Affecting python-django package, versions <1.8.7-1ubuntu5.5

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.37% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-PYTHONDJANGO-360966
  • published4 Apr 2017
  • disclosed4 Apr 2017
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Introduced: 4 Apr 2017

CVE-2017-7233  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-601  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 python-django to version 1.8.7-1ubuntu5.5 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Django 1.10 before 1.10.7, 1.9 before 1.9.13, and 1.8 before 1.8.18 relies on user input in some cases to redirect the user to an "on success" URL. The security check for these redirects (namely django.utils.http.is_safe_url()) considered some numeric URLs "safe" when they shouldn't be, aka an open redirect vulnerability. Also, if a developer relies on is_safe_url() to provide safe redirect targets and puts such a URL into a link, they could suffer from an XSS attack.