USN-2539-1

Andrey Babak discovered that Django incorrectly handled strip_tags. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Django to enter an infinite loop, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.10. (CVE-2015-2316)

Daniel Chatfield discovered that Django incorrectly handled user-supplied redirect URLs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a cross-site scripting attack. (CVE-2015-2317)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / python-django

Package

Name: python-django
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-django@1.6.1-2ubuntu0.8?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.6.1-2ubuntu0.8

Affected versions

1.*

1.5.4-1ubuntu1

1.6-1

1.6.1-1

1.6.1-2

1.6.1-2ubuntu0.1

1.6.1-2ubuntu0.2

1.6.1-2ubuntu0.3

1.6.1-2ubuntu0.4

1.6.1-2ubuntu0.5

1.6.1-2ubuntu0.6

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "python-django",
            "binary_version": "1.6.1-2ubuntu0.8"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2015-2316"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2015-2317"
        }
    ]
}

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2539-1.json"