Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in Django affect SmartCloud Provisioning (CVE-2014-0480, CVE-2014-0481, CVE-2014-0482, CVE-2014-0483)

Summary

Vulnerabilities found in Django as per August 2014 X-Force report (CVE-2014-0480, CVE-2014-0481, CVE-2014-0482, CVE-2014-0483) affect SmartCloud Provisioning 2.3.

SmartCloud Provisioning 2.3 is shipped with Django. Securities vulnerabilities have been discovered in Django that may affect SmartCloud Provisioning. Django has released patch updates which contain vulnerabilities fixes and SmartCloud Provisioning Django has been updated to Django to include those fixes.

Vulnerability Details

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0480
Description: Django could allow a remote attacker to conduct phishing attacks, caused by an open redirect vulnerability in the return() function. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability in a specially-crafted URL to redirect a victim to arbitrary Web sites.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95564&gt; for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0481
Description: Django is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error when processing the uploaded files with same names. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to degrade system performance.
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
CVSS Temporal Score: <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95567&gt; for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0482
Description: Django could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the lack of logout/login actions when changing to the REMOTE_USER header.
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
CVSS Temporal Score: <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95569&gt; for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0483
Description: Django could allow a attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error in ontrib.admin. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95566&gt; for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

SmartCloud Provisioning 2.3, 2.3 Fix Pack 1 up to iFix 4

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply the fix as soon as practical. Please see below for information on the fixes available.**
Fix:**
Upgrade to IBM SmartCloud Provisioning 2.3 Fix Pack 1, iFix 6

Workarounds and Mitigations

None