Several security issues were fixed in Django.
It was discovered that Django incorrectly handled numeric redirect URLs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform XSS attacks, and to use a Django server as an open redirect. (CVE-2017-7233)
4 April 2017
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Several security issues were fixed in Django.
It was discovered that Django incorrectly handled numeric redirect URLs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform XSS attacks, and to use a Django server as an open redirect. (CVE-2017-7233)
Phithon Gong discovered that Django incorrectly handled certain URLs when the jango.views.static.serve() view is being used. A remote attacker could possibly use a Django server as an open redirect. (CVE-2017-7234)
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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