Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Django vulnerability (USN-2816-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 87065

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-2816-1 advisory.

Ryan Butterfield discovered that Django incorrectly handled the date template filter. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain secrets from application settings.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected python-django package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2816-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 87065

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2816-1.nasl

Version: 2.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/25/2015

Updated: 8/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-8213

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-django

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/24/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/7/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8213

USN: 2816-1