CVE-2015-2317

Publication date 19 March 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
python-django 14.10 utopic
Fixed 1.6.6-1ubuntu2.2
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.6.1-2ubuntu0.8
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1.3.1-4ubuntu1.16
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 1.1.1-2ubuntu1.17

Patch details

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Package Patch details
python-django

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