USN-2469-1 caused a regression in Django.
USN-2469-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Django. The security fix for CVE-2015-0221 introduced a regression on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS when serving static content through GZipMiddleware. This update fixes the problem.
4 February 2015
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
USN-2469-1 caused a regression in Django.
USN-2469-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Django. The security fix for CVE-2015-0221 introduced a regression on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS when serving static content through GZipMiddleware. This update fixes the problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
Jedediah Smith discovered that Django incorrectly handled underscores in WSGI headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to spoof headers in certain environments. (CVE-2015-0219)
Mikko Ohtamaa 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-2015-0220)
Alex Gaynor discovered that Django incorrectly handled reading files in django.views.static.serve(). A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Django to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-0221)
Keryn Knight discovered that Django incorrectly handled forms with ModelMultipleChoiceField. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a large number of SQL queries, resulting in a database denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.10. (CVE-2015-0222)
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
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