Advisories ยป MGASA-2013-0256

Updated python-django packages fix CVE-2013-4249

Publication date: 22 Aug 2013
Modification date: 22 Aug 2013
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases : 2 , 3
CVE: CVE-2013-4249

Description

Updated python-django package fixes security vulnerability:

The is_safe_url() function has been modified to properly recognize and reject
URLs which specify a scheme other than HTTP or HTTPS, to prevent cross-site
scripting attacks through redirecting to other schemes, such as javascript.
(CVE-2013-4249).
                

References

SRPMS

2/core

3/core