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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Django vulnerabilities (USN-3254-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 99195

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3254-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Django incorrectly handled numeric redirect URLs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform XSS attacks, and to use a Django server as an open redirect. (CVE-2017-7233)

 Phithon Gong discovered that Django incorrectly handled certain URLs when the jango.views.static.serve() view is being used. A remote attacker could possibly use a Django server as an open redirect.
 (CVE-2017-7234)

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

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

Solution

Update the affected python-django, python-django-common and / or python3-django packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3254-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 99195

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3254-1.nasl

Version: 3.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/5/2017

Updated: 8/27/2024

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: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-7234

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-django, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-django, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-django-common

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/4/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/4/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7233, CVE-2017-7234

USN: 3254-1