Debian DLA-1814-1 : python-django security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 125740

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that there was a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Django web development framework.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this issue has been fixed in python-django version 1.7.11-1+deb8u5.

We recommend that you upgrade your python-django packages.

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

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00001.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/python-django

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 125740

File Name: debian_DLA-1814.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/7/2019

Updated: 5/16/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-12308

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-django-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-django, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-django-doc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3-django

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/5/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/3/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-12308