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Ubuntu 17.10 : python-django vulnerabilities (USN-3559-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 106675

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

It was discovered that Django incorrectly handled certain requests. An attacker could possibly use this to access sensitive information.
(CVE-2017-12794, CVE-2018-6188).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected python-django and / or python3-django packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3559-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 106675

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3559-1.nasl

Version: 3.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/8/2018

Updated: 5/11/2023

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-django, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-django

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/7/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/7/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12794, CVE-2018-6188

USN: 3559-1