Mageia alert MGASA-2013-0256 (python-django)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2013-0256: Updated python-django packages fix CVE-2013-4249 
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MGASA-2013-0256 - Updated python-django packages fix CVE-2013-4249

Publication date: 22 Aug 2013
URL: http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0256.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 2, 3
CVE: CVE-2013-4249

Description:
Updated python-django package fixes security vulnerability:

The is_safe_url() function has been modified to properly recognize and reject
URLs which specify a scheme other than HTTP or HTTPS, to prevent cross-site
scripting attacks through redirecting to other schemes, such as javascript.
(CVE-2013-4249).

References:
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2013/aug/13/security...
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10996
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4249

SRPMS:
- 3/core/python-django-1.4.6-1.mga3
- 2/core/python-django-1.3.7-1.1.mga2