Security update for python-Django

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:2042-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2019-6975 ( SUSE ): 5.9 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2019-6975 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for python-Django fixes the following issues:

  • Fixed CVE-2019-6975 (bsc#1124991)
  • Added CVE-2019-6975.patch to fix uncontrolled memory consumption
  • If django.utils.numberformat.format() -- used by contrib.admin as well as the the floatformat, filesizeformat, and intcomma templates filters -- received a Decimal with a large number of digits or a large exponent, it could lead to significant memory usage due to a call to '{:f}'.format(). To avoid this, decimals with more than 200 digits are now formatted using scientific notation.

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2019-2042=1

Package List:

  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 (noarch)
    • python-Django-1.8.19-3.12.5

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