USN-2539-1

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USN-2539-1

Summary: python-django vulnerabilities

Details: Andrey Babak discovered that Django incorrectly handled strip_tags. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Django to enter an infinite loop, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.10. (CVE-2015-2316) Daniel Chatfield discovered that Django incorrectly handled user-supplied redirect URLs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a cross-site scripting attack. (CVE-2015-2317)

References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2539-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2316, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2317