SB2015120701 - Information disclosure in Django
Published: December 7, 2015 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015120701
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8213)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The get_format function in utils/formats.py in Django before 1.7.x before 1.7.11, 1.8.x before 1.8.7, and 1.9.x before 1.9rc2 might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive application secrets via a settings key in place of a date/time format setting, as demonstrated by SECRET_KEY.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/173375.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174770.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00017.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0129.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0156.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0157.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0158.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3404
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77750
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034237
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2816-1
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/316bc3fc9437c5960c24baceb93c73f1939711e4
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/nov/24/security-releases-issued/