Several security issues were fixed in Django.
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)
23 March 2015
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Several security issues were fixed in Django.
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)
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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