---------------------------------------------------------------------- Secunia is proud to announce the availability of the Secunia Software Inspector. The Secunia Software Inspector is a free service that detects insecure versions of software that you may have installed in your system. When insecure versions are detected, the Secunia Software Inspector also provides thorough guidelines for updating the software to the latest secure version from the vendor. Try it out online: http://secunia.com/software_inspector/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Django Two Vulnerabilities SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA23826 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/23826/ CRITICAL: Moderately critical IMPACT: Security Bypass, System access WHERE: >From remote SOFTWARE: Django 0.x http://secunia.com/product/13287/ DESCRIPTION: Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Django, which can be exploited by malicious users to bypass certain security restrictions or malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. 1) The bin/compile-messages.py script does not correctly escape the filename of .po message files. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary shell commands via a maliciously named .po file. 2) The authentication middleware incorrectly caches the "request.user" parameter between requests, which could be exploited to e.g. access pages as another user. The vulnerabilities are reported in version 0.95. Other versions may also be affected. SOLUTION: Fixed in the SVN repository. http://code.djangoproject.com/changeset/3592 http://code.djangoproject.com/changeset/3754 PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: 1) Disclosed in an SVN commit. 2) jkocherhans ORIGINAL ADVISORY: http://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/2702 http://code.djangoproject.com/changeset/3592 http://code.djangoproject.com/changeset/3754 OTHER REFERENCES: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=407519 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=407521 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------