SB2012073101 - Cross-site scripting in Django
Published: July 31, 2012 Updated: July 28, 2020
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-3442)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data when processing data passed via a data: URL. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2529
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:143
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/31/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/31/2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1560-1
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2012/jul/30/security-releases-issued/