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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2008.0896 -- [UNIX/Linux][Debian]
New python-django packages fix cross site request forgery
23 September 2008
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: python-django
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Impact: Cross-site Request Forgery
Denial of Service
Access: Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names: CVE-2008-3909 CVE-2007-5712
Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1640
Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on
platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators
running Django check for an updated version of the software for
their operating system.
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-1640-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Thijs Kinkhorst
September 20, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : python-django
Vulnerability : several
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id(s) : CVE-2008-3909 CVE-2007-5712
Debian Bug : 497765 448838
Simon Willison discovered that in Django, a Python web framework, the
feature to retain HTTP POST data during user reauthentication allowed
a remote attacker to perform unauthorized modification of data through
cross site request forgery. The is possible regardless of the Django
plugin to prevent cross site request forgery being enabled. The Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies this issue as
CVE-2008-3909.
In this update the affected feature is disabled; this is in accordance
with upstream's preferred solution for this situation.
This update takes the opportunity to also include a relatively minor
denial of service attack in the internationalisaton framework, known
as CVE-2007-5712.
For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in
version 0.95.1-1etch2.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.0-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your python-django package.
Upgrade instructions
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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:
apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch
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Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python-django/python-django_0.95.1-1etch2.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 940 62d31adf6a658ab089df66916148d2d8
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python-django/python-django_0.95.1.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 1297839 07f09d8429916481e09e84fd01e97355
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python-django/python-django_0.95.1-1etch2.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 8069 6e5e17af4148911137b1a8aebaa8096c
Architecture independent packages:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/python-django/python-django_0.95.1-1etch2_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1025742 93417b16a120eada12b807b8372cc858
These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next update.
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For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>
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