openSUSE Security Update : python-Django (openSUSE-2015-281)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 82515

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

python-django was updated to 1.6.11 to fix security issues and non-security bugs.

THe following vulnerabilities were fixed :

- Made is_safe_url() reject URLs that start with control characters to mitigate possible XSS attack via user-supplied redirect URLs (bnc#923176, CVE-2015-2317)

- Fixed an infinite loop possibility in strip_tags() (bnc#923172, CVE-2015-2316)

- WSGI header spoofing via underscore/dash conflation (bnc#913053, CVE-2015-0219)

- Mitigated possible XSS attack via user-supplied redirect URLs

- Denial-of-service attack against ``django.views.static.serve`` (bnc#913056, CVE-2015-0221)

- Database denial-of-service with ``ModelMultipleChoiceField`` (bnc#913055, CVE-2015-0222)

The update also contains fixes for non-security bugs, functional and stability issues.

Solution

Update the affected python-Django package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 82515

File Name: openSUSE-2015-281.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 4/2/2015

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-django, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/25/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-0219, CVE-2015-0221, CVE-2015-0222, CVE-2015-2316, CVE-2015-2317

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