SB2013091204 - Fedora EPEL 6 update for Django14
Published: September 12, 2013 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013091204
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4315)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in Django 1.4.x before 1.4.7, 1.5.x before 1.5.3, and 1.6.x before 1.6 beta 3. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a file path in the ALLOWED_INCLUDE_ROOTS setting followed by a . (dot dot) in a ssi template tag.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.