Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 : python-django regression (USN-1632-2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 62982

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

USN-1632-1 fixed a vulnerability in Django. The upstream fix introduced testsuite failures when ADMINS and/or MANAGERS were defined in settings.py. This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

James Kettle discovered Django did not properly filter the Host HTTP header when processing certain requests. An attacker could exploit this to generate and display arbitrary URLs to users.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected python-django package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1632-2/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 62982

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1632-2.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/21/2012

Updated: 9/19/2019

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-django, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/20/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/20/2012

Reference Information

USN: 1632-2