openSUSE Security Update : python-django (openSUSE-SU-2014:1132-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 77718

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Python Django was updated to fix security issues and bugs.

Update to version 1.4.15 on openSUSE 12.3 :

+ Prevented reverse() from generating URLs pointing to other hosts to prevent phishing attacks (bnc#893087, CVE-2014-0480)

+ Removed O(n) algorithm when uploading duplicate file names to fix file upload denial of service (bnc#893088, CVE-2014-0481)

+ Modified RemoteUserMiddleware to logout on REMOTE_USE change to prevent session hijacking (bnc#893089, CVE-2014-0482)

+ Prevented data leakage in contrib.admin via query string manipulation (bnc#893090, CVE-2014-0483)

+ Fixed: Caches may incorrectly be allowed to store and serve private data (bnc#877993, CVE-2014-1418)

+ Fixed: Malformed redirect URLs from user input not correctly validated (bnc#878641, CVE-2014-3730)

+ Fixed queries that may return unexpected results on MySQL due to typecasting (bnc#874956, CVE-2014-0474)

+ Prevented leaking the CSRF token through caching (bnc#874955, CVE-2014-0473)

+ Fixed a remote code execution vulnerability in URL reversing (bnc#874950, CVE-2014-0472)

Update to version 1.5.10 on openSUSE 13.1 :

+ Prevented reverse() from generating URLs pointing to other hosts to prevent phishing attacks (bnc#893087, CVE-2014-0480)

+ Removed O(n) algorithm when uploading duplicate file names to fix file upload denial of service (bnc#893088, CVE-2014-0481)

+ Modified RemoteUserMiddleware to logout on REMOTE_USE change to prevent session hijacking (bnc#893089, CVE-2014-0482)

+ Prevented data leakage in contrib.admin via query string manipulation (bnc#893090, CVE-2014-0483)

- Update to version 1.5.8 :

+ Fixed: Caches may incorrectly be allowed to store and serve private data (bnc#877993, CVE-2014-1418)

+ Fixed: Malformed redirect URLs from user input not correctly validated (bnc#878641, CVE-2014-3730)

+ Fixed queries that may return unexpected results on MySQL due to typecasting (bnc#874956, CVE-2014-0474)

+ Prevented leaking the CSRF token through caching (bnc#874955, CVE-2014-0473)

+ Fixed a remote code execution vulnerability in URL reversing (bnc#874950, CVE-2014-0472)

Solution

Update the affected python-django package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 77718

File Name: openSUSE-2014-542.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 9/17/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-django, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 9/8/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0472, CVE-2014-0473, CVE-2014-0474, CVE-2014-0480, CVE-2014-0481, CVE-2014-0482, CVE-2014-0483, CVE-2014-1418, CVE-2014-3730

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