Debian DSA-2163-1 : python-django - multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 51979

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the Django web development framework :

- CVE-2011-0696 For several reasons the internal CSRF protection was not used to validate AJAX requests in the past. However, it was discovered that this exception can be exploited with a combination of browser plugins and redirects and thus is not sufficient.

- CVE-2011-0697 It was discovered that the file upload form is prone to cross-site scripting attacks via the file name.

It is important to note that this update introduces minor backward incompatibilities due to the fixes for the above issues. For the exact details, please see: and in particular the 'Backwards incompatible changes' section.

Packages in the oldstable distribution (lenny) are not affected by these problems.

Solution

Upgrade the python-django packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.3-3+squeeze1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 51979

File Name: debian_DSA-2163.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/15/2011

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-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: 2/14/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-0696, CVE-2011-0697

BID: 46296

DSA: 2163

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