SB2016112104 - Cross-site scripting in py-django (Alpine package)
Published: November 21, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016112104
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9014)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.The vulnerability is caused by incorrect filtration of input data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim’s browser in security context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=05df5a7eeb09061bdf012d07511da2456cb4f394
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=2bf8de409de29218b845158bf2dcfdce10b33611
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=567a56572370de5becee0aadddedd2d09a8b1add
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=5e2845599266000b2347b98ebba695ac77e015a0
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=b6c78e1959e4b0971f6f4d301c1a284692dc2b08
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=c18a5bc6ffb9c2e3ff2a727354255677217f7e59
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=5303455811d7f533b4151ccb1d28713eae60b5cc
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=7bf0940bb01a3e385c8e653075dde2e3effe53ce
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=9f1555ac10091515ef044cdee1fb20db8552f3f8
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=b6cf8a0fd6ac1a5f6a2fa5c0f8f87a111ef89994