Django: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 201412-22

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Django, the worst of which may lead to Denial of Service.

Package	dev-python/django on all architectures
Affected versions	< 1.6.7
Unaffected versions	>= 1.6.7 revision >= 1.5.10 revision >= 1.4.15

Django is a Python-based web framework.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Django. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

A remote attacker may be able to create a Denial of Service condition, obtain sensitive information, or hijack web sessions.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All Django 1.6 users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/django-1.6.7"

All Django 1.5 users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/django-1.5.10"

All Django 1.4 users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/django-1.4.15"

Release date
December 13, 2014

Latest revision
December 13, 2014: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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