Debian DSA-3305-1 : python-django - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 84626

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Synopsis

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

Description

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Django, a high-level Python web development framework :

- CVE-2015-5143 Eric Peterson and Lin Hua Cheng discovered that a new empty record used to be created in the session storage every time a session was accessed and an unknown session key was provided in the request cookie. This could allow remote attackers to saturate the session store or cause other users' session records to be evicted.

- CVE-2015-5144 Sjoerd Job Postmus discovered that some built-in validators did not properly reject newlines in input values. This could allow remote attackers to inject headers in emails and HTTP responses.

Solution

Upgrade the python-django packages.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 1.4.5-1+deb7u12.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1.7.7-1+deb8u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 84626

File Name: debian_DSA-3305.nasl

Version: 2.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 7/9/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0, 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: 7/8/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5143, CVE-2015-5144

DSA: 3305

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