James Davis discovered two issues in Django, a high-level Python web
development framework, that can lead to a denial-of-service attack.
An attacker with control on the input of the django.utils.html.urlize()
function or django.utils.text.Truncator
###############################################################################
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
#
# Auto-generated from advisory DSA 4161-1 using nvtgen 1.0
# Script version: 1.0
#
# Author:
# Greenbone Networks
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net
# Text descriptions are largely excerpted from the referenced
# advisory, and are Copyright (c) the respective author(s)
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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#
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if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.704161");
script_version("2019-07-04T09:25:28+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2018-7536", "CVE-2018-7537");
script_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 4161-1 (python-django - security update)");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2019-07-04 09:25:28 +0000 (Thu, 04 Jul 2019)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2018-04-01 00:00:00 +0200 (Sun, 01 Apr 2018)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4161.html");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net");
script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=DEB[89]");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"python-django on Debian Linux");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed
in version 1.7.11-1+deb8u3.
For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in
version 1:1.10.7-2+deb9u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your python-django packages.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/python-django");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"James Davis discovered two issues in Django, a high-level Python web
development framework, that can lead to a denial-of-service attack.
An attacker with control on the input of the django.utils.html.urlize()
function or django.utils.text.Truncator's chars() and words() methods
could craft a string that might stuck the execution of the application.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
res = "";
report = "";
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"python-django", ver:"1.7.11-1+deb8u3", rls:"DEB8"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"python-django-common", ver:"1.7.11-1+deb8u3", rls:"DEB8"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"python-django-doc", ver:"1.7.11-1+deb8u3", rls:"DEB8"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"python3-django", ver:"1.7.11-1+deb8u3", rls:"DEB8"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"python-django", ver:"1:1.10.7-2+deb9u1", rls:"DEB9"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"python-django-common", ver:"1:1.10.7-2+deb9u1", rls:"DEB9"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"python-django-doc", ver:"1:1.10.7-2+deb9u1", rls:"DEB9"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"python3-django", ver:"1:1.10.7-2+deb9u1", rls:"DEB9"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}