USN-3089-1: Django vulnerability

Publication date

27 September 2016

Overview

Django could be made to set arbitrary cookies.


Packages

Details

Sergey Bobrov discovered that Django incorrectly parsed cookies when being
used with Google Analytics. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to set arbitrary cookies leading to a CSRF protection bypass.

Sergey Bobrov discovered that Django incorrectly parsed cookies when being
used with Google Analytics. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to set arbitrary cookies leading to a CSRF protection bypass.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
16.04 xenial python-django –  1.8.7-1ubuntu5.2
python3-django –  1.8.7-1ubuntu5.2
14.04 trusty python-django –  1.6.1-2ubuntu0.15
12.04 precise python-django –  1.3.1-4ubuntu1.21

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