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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2013:1521 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2013-11-14
Updated:
2013-11-14

RHSA-2013:1521 - Security Advisory

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Synopsis

Moderate: python-django security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

Updated python-django packages that fix two security issues are now
available for Red Hat OpenStack 3.0.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate
security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in
the References section.

Description

Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid
development and a clean, pragmatic design. It focuses on automating as much
as possible and adhering to the DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself) principle.

It was discovered that the django.utils.http.is_safe_url() function
considered any URL that used a scheme other than HTTP or HTTPS (for
example, "javascript:") as safe. An attacker could potentially use this
flaw to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. (CVE-2013-6044)

A directory traversal flaw was found in Django's "ssi" template tag, which
takes a file path as input and outputs that file's contents. An attacker
able to alter templates that made use of the "ssi" tag on a site could use
this flaw to access any local files accessible to Django. (CVE-2013-4315)

Red Hat would like to thank James Bennett of Django for reporting
CVE-2013-4315.

All python-django users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which contain a backported patch to correct these issues.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat OpenStack grizzly x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 1004969 - CVE-2013-4315 python-django: directory traversal with "ssi" template tag
  • BZ - 1016394 - CVE-2013-6044 python-django: xss in is_safe_url function

CVEs

  • CVE-2013-4315
  • CVE-2013-6044

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat OpenStack grizzly

SRPM
Django14-1.4.8-1.el6ost.src.rpm SHA-256: 85165b89d4a5124728e67d47096fb9e77ed630e4dc04d0392eeba3011bfb9d63
x86_64
Django14-1.4.8-1.el6ost.noarch.rpm SHA-256: cfe83a47ed05c2680caa8d7abcf9290e042e075c418f8ed092184f7a3191ee41
Django14-doc-1.4.8-1.el6ost.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 902b2c6e04bdd9f95cd10a3265c4bdcec8bde2ec1d41afaee85221f5d810c8c1

The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.

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