[ MDVSA-2015:195 ] python-django

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 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDVSA-2015:195
 http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/
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 Package : python-django
 Date    : April 7, 2015
 Affected: Business Server 1.0
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 Problem Description:

 A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in python-django:
 
 The utils.http.is_safe_url function in Django before 1.4.20, 1.5.x,
 1.6.x before 1.6.11, 1.7.x before 1.7.7, and 1.8.x before 1.8c1 does
 not properly validate URLs, which allows remote attackers to conduct
 cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a control character in a URL,
 as demonstrated by a x08javascript: URL (CVE-2015-2317).
 
 The updated packages provides a solution for this security issue.
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