USN-5837-1 fixed a vulnerability in Django. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
Nick Pope discovered that Django incorrectly handled certain Accept-Language headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Django to consume memory, leading to a denial of service.
{ "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro", "binaries": [ { "python-django-common": "1.8.7-1ubuntu5.15+esm6", "python-django-doc": "1.8.7-1ubuntu5.15+esm6", "python-django": "1.8.7-1ubuntu5.15+esm6", "python3-django": "1.8.7-1ubuntu5.15+esm6" } ] }