[ MDVSA-2015:195 ] python-django

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDVSA-2015:195
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 Package : python-django
 Date    : April 7, 2015
 Affected: Business Server 1.0
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 Problem Description:

 A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in python-django:

 The utils.http.is_safe_url function in Django before 1.4.20, 1.5.x,
 1.6.x before 1.6.11, 1.7.x before 1.7.7, and 1.8.x before 1.8c1 does
 not properly validate URLs, which allows remote attackers to conduct
 cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a control character in a URL,
 as demonstrated by a \x08javascript: URL (CVE-2015-2317).

 The updated packages provides a solution for this security issue.

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 References:

 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2317
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 Updated Packages:

 Mandriva Business Server 1/X86_64:
 a115570d2ab0cb8fd2a1c467526f48fc  mbs1/x86_64/python-django-1.3.7-1.8.mbs1.noarch.rpm
 d5510819aed0420f9b4e319bbf5390f6  mbs1/SRPMS/python-django-1.3.7-1.8.mbs1.src.rpm
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