SB2022111149 - openEuler 22.03 LTS update for python-django

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 5 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-45115)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources in UserAttributeSimilarityValidator when evaluating submitted password that were artificially large in relative to the comparison values. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted password to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

2) Information exposure through externally-generated error message (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-45116)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to excessive data output by the application while handling error conditions in the dictsort template filter. A remote user can obtain sensitive information on the system.

3) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-45452)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in the Storage.save() method. A remote user can pass a specially crafted HTTP filename to the application and write the file outside of the intended directory.

4) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-22818)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data when displaying information via the {% debug %} tag. 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.

5) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23833)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop when parsing files. A remote attacker can upload a specially crafted file  to the server, consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2022-2055