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RHEL 7 : python-django (RHSA-2019:0051)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 210296
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for python-django.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2019:0051 advisory.Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and a clean, pragmatic design. It focuses on automating as much as possible and adhering to the DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself) principle.
Security Fix(es):
* django: Catastrophic backtracking in regular expressions via 'urlize' and 'urlizetrunc' (CVE-2018-7536)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Red Hat would like to thank the Django project for reporting this issue.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL python-django package based on the guidance in RHSA-2019:0051.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?98808f24
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 210296
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-0051.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/5/2024
Updated: 11/6/2024
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: 1.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-7536
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.3
Temporal Score: 4.6
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-django, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-django-bash-completion, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/16/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/6/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-7536