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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.66490
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandriva Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:276-1 (python-django)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update to python-django;announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:276-1.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update to python-django
announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:276-1.

Vulnerability Insight:
Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in python-django:

The Admin media handler in core/servers/basehttp.py in Django 1.0
and 0.96 does not properly map URL requests to expected static media
files, which allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal
attacks and read arbitrary files via a crafted URL (CVE-2009-2659).

Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in the forms library in Django
1.0 before 1.0.4 and 1.1 before 1.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause
a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted (1) EmailField
(email address) or (2) URLField (URL) that triggers a large amount
of backtracking in a regular expression (CVE-2009-3695).

The versions of Django shipping with Mandriva Linux have been updated
to the latest patched version that include the fix for this issue.
In addition, they provide other bug fixes.

Update:

Packages for 2008.0 are being provided due to extended support for
Corporate products.

Affected: 2008.0

Solution:
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-2659
BugTraq ID: 35859
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35859
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00055.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00069.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/29/2
http://secunia.com/advisories/36137
http://secunia.com/advisories/36153
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-3695
BugTraq ID: 36655
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36655
Debian Security Information: DSA-1905 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1905
http://groups.google.com/group/django-users/browse_thread/thread/15df9e45118dfc51/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/13/6
http://secunia.com/advisories/36948
http://secunia.com/advisories/36968
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2871
XForce ISS Database: django-emailfield-urlfield-dos(53727)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53727
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