-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 _______________________________________________________________________ Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:275 http://www.mandriva.com/security/ _______________________________________________________________________ Package : python-django Date : October 13, 2009 Affected: 2008.1 _______________________________________________________________________ Problem Description: A vulnerability has been found and corrected in python-django: The Admin media handler in core/servers/basehttp.py in Django 1.0 and 0.96 does not properly map URL requests to expected static media files, which allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks and read arbitrary files via a crafted URL (CVE-2009-2659). The versions of Django shipping with Mandriva Linux have been updated to the latest patched version that include the fix for this issue. In addition, they provide other bug fixes. _______________________________________________________________________ References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2659 http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2009/jul/28/security/ _______________________________________________________________________ Updated Packages: Mandriva Linux 2008.1: 7e02ae9683f4ec07c04c2c152c198544 2008.1/i586/python-django-0.96.5-0.1mdv2008.1.noarch.rpm 843fc269c83b1b8b25d5271452ea8921 2008.1/SRPMS/python-django-0.96.5-0.1mdv2008.1.src.rpm Mandriva Linux 2008.1/X86_64: 140afaf4950e387733c155d7b4a95e83 2008.1/x86_64/python-django-0.96.5-0.1mdv2008.1.noarch.rpm 843fc269c83b1b8b25d5271452ea8921 2008.1/SRPMS/python-django-0.96.5-0.1mdv2008.1.src.rpm _______________________________________________________________________ To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you. All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing: gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98 You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact security_(at)_mandriva.com _______________________________________________________________________ Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFK1GZFmqjQ0CJFipgRAvLZAKCsLArCBfQWNg49PMVhRMjwXYrY8QCfaLiJ z4zWcuV8t8s4K7IejZd3yhI= =ayyT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----