[RHSA-2017:1451-01] Moderate: python-django security update
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: python-django security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2017:1451-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1451
Issue date: 2017-06-14
CVE Names: CVE-2017-7233
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1. Summary:
An update for python-django is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 - noarch
3. Description:
Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid
development and a clean, pragmatic design. It focuses on automating as much
as possible and adhering to the DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself) principle.
Security Fix(es):
* A redirect flaw, where the is_safe_url() function did not correctly
sanitize numeric-URL user input, was found in python-django. A remote
attacker could exploit this flaw to perform XSS attacks against the
OpenStack dashboard. (CVE-2017-7233)
Red Hat would like to thank the Django project for reporting this issue.
4. Solution:
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1437234 - CVE-2017-7233 python-django: Open redirect and possible XSS attack via user-supplied numeric redirect URLs
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7:
Source:
python-django-1.8.18-1.el7ost.src.rpm
noarch:
python-django-1.8.18-1.el7ost.noarch.rpm
python-django-bash-completion-1.8.18-1.el7ost.noarch.rpm
python-django-doc-1.8.18-1.el7ost.noarch.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7233
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert at redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
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