python-django vulnerability

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2020-7471  

Django could be vulnerable to SQL injection attacks.

Simon Charette discovered that Django incorrectly handled input in the PostgreSQL module. A remote attacker could possibly use this to perform SQL injection attacks.

4 February 2020

python-django vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

  • Ubuntu 19.10
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary

Django could be vulnerable to SQL injection attacks.

Software Description

  • python-django - High-level Python web development framework

Details

Simon Charette discovered that Django incorrectly handled input in the PostgreSQL module. A remote attacker could possibly use this to perform SQL injection attacks.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 19.10
python-django - 1:1.11.22-1ubuntu1.2
python3-django - 1:1.11.22-1ubuntu1.2
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
python-django - 1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.7
python3-django - 1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.7

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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