MGASA-2013-0256

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    MGASA-2013-0256

    Published: 22 Aug 2013Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-4249

    Summary: Updated python-django packages fix CVE-2013-4249

    Details: Updated python-django package fixes security vulnerability: The is_safe_url() function has been modified to properly recognize and reject URLs which specify a scheme other than HTTP or HTTPS, to prevent cross-site scripting attacks through redirecting to other schemes, such as javascript. (CVE-2013-4249).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0256.html, https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2013/aug/13/security-releases-issued, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10996

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: python-django

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/python-django?arch=source&distro=mageia-2

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.3.7-1.1.mga2

    Affected versions

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