Debian Security Advisory
DSA-3404-1 python-django -- security update
- Date Reported:
- 25 Nov 2015
- Affected Packages:
- python-django
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2015-8213.
- More information:
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Ryan Butterfield discovered a vulnerability in the date template filter in python-django, a high-level Python web development framework. A remote attacker can take advantage of this flaw to obtain any secret in the application's settings.
For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.5-1+deb7u14.
For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.7.7-1+deb8u3.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.8.7-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your python-django packages.