SB2011020903 - Fedora EPEL 5 update for Django

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SB2011020903 - Fedora EPEL 5 update for Django

Published: February 9, 2011 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2011020903
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-0696)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.


2) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-0697)

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.

An input validation error exists in Django 1.1.x before 1.1.4 and 1.2.x before 1.2.5. A remote authenticated attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References