USN-4224-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4224-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4224-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-4224-1
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Published
2019-12-19T01:02:13.867559Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:35:00Z
Summary
python-django vulnerability
Details

Simon Charette discovered that the password reset functionality in Django used a Unicode case insensitive query to retrieve accounts associated with an email address. An attacker could possibly use this to obtain password reset tokens and hijack accounts.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / python-django

Package

Name
python-django
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-django@1.8.7-1ubuntu5.11?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.8.7-1ubuntu5.11

Affected versions

1.*

1.7.9-1ubuntu5
1.8.5-2ubuntu1
1.8.7-1ubuntu1
1.8.7-1ubuntu2
1.8.7-1ubuntu3
1.8.7-1ubuntu4
1.8.7-1ubuntu5
1.8.7-1ubuntu5.1
1.8.7-1ubuntu5.2
1.8.7-1ubuntu5.4
1.8.7-1ubuntu5.5
1.8.7-1ubuntu5.6
1.8.7-1ubuntu5.7
1.8.7-1ubuntu5.8
1.8.7-1ubuntu5.9
1.8.7-1ubuntu5.10

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.7-1ubuntu5.11",
            "binary_name": "python-django"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.7-1ubuntu5.11",
            "binary_name": "python-django-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.7-1ubuntu5.11",
            "binary_name": "python3-django"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4224-1.json"

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2019-19844",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "high"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / python-django

Package

Name
python-django
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-django@1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.6?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.6

Affected versions

1:1.*

1:1.11.4-1ubuntu1
1:1.11.6-1ubuntu1
1:1.11.9-1ubuntu1
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.1
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.2
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.3
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.4
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.6",
            "binary_name": "python-django"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.6",
            "binary_name": "python-django-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.6",
            "binary_name": "python3-django"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4224-1.json"

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2019-19844",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "high"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS"
}