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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2024.2099
USN-6722-1: Django vulnerability
9 April 2024
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Django
Publisher: Ubuntu
Operating System: Ubuntu
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2019-19844
Original Bulletin:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6722-1
Comment: CVSS (Max): 9.8 CVE-2019-19844 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVSS Source: Ubuntu
Calculator: https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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USN-6722-1: Django vulnerability
8 April 2024
Django accounts could be hijacked through password reset requests.
Releases
o Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
Packages
o python-django - High-level Python web development framework
Details
Simon Charette discovered that the password reset functionality in
Django used a Unicode case insensitive query to retrieve accounts
associated with an email address. An attacker could possibly use this
to obtain password reset tokens and hijack accounts.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package
versions:
Ubuntu 14.04
o python-django - 1.6.11-0ubuntu1.3+esm7
Available with Ubuntu Pro
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
o CVE-2019-19844
Related notices
o USN-4224-1 : python-django-doc, python3-django, python-django-common,
python-django
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