7.8 - RHSA-2015:1678

Problem Description:

Updated python-django packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 for RHEL 7 - noarch

3. Description:

Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and a clean, pragmatic design. It focuses on automating as much as possible and adhering to the DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself) principle.

A flaw was found in the Django session backends whereby an unauthenticated attacker could cause session records to be created in the configured session store, leading to a Denial of Service. (CVE-2015-5143)

Red Hat would like to thank the upstream Django project for reporting this issue.

All python-django users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct these issues.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1239010 - CVE-2015-5143 Django: possible DoS by filling session store