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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 11.04 / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS : python-django vulnerabilities (USN-1560-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 62038

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

It was discovered that Django incorrectly validated the scheme of a redirect target. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted URL, an attacker could possibly exploit this to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. (CVE-2012-3442)

It was discovered that Django incorrectly handled validating certain images. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause the server to consume memory, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2012-3443)

Jeroen Dekkers discovered that Django incorrectly handled certain image dimensions. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause the server to consume resources, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2012-3444).

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 package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1560-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 62038

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1560-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/11/2012

Updated: 9/19/2019

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: 3.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-django, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/10/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/31/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3442, CVE-2012-3443, CVE-2012-3444

BID: 54742

USN: 1560-1