Detections
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Ubuntu 9.10 / 10.04 LTS / 10.10 : python-django vulnerabilities (USN-1040-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 51437
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
Adam Baldwin discovered that Django did not properly validate query string lookups. This could be exploited to provide an information leak to an attacker with admin privilieges. (CVE-2010-4534)Paul McMillan discovered that Django did not validate the length of the token used when generating a password reset. An attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service via resource exhaustion.
(CVE-2010-4535).
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Solution
Update the affected python-django and / or python-django-doc packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 51437
File Name: ubuntu_USN-1040-1.nasl
Version: 1.10
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 1/7/2011
Updated: 9/19/2019
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 4.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-django, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-django-doc, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/6/2011
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/10/2011
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2010-4534, CVE-2010-4535
USN: 1040-1