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Today's Topics:

1. [USN-2211-1] libXfont vulnerabilities (Marc Deslauriers)
2. [USN-2212-1] Django vulnerabilities (Seth Arnold)


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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 10:44:35 -0400
From: Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com>
To: ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: [USN-2211-1] libXfont vulnerabilities
Message-ID: <53738153.8030007@canonical.com>
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2211-1
May 14, 2014

libxfont vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 13.10
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in libXfont.

Software Description:
- libxfont: X11 font rasterisation library

Details:

Ilja van Sprundel discovered that libXfont incorrectly handled font
metadata file parsing. A local attacker could use this issue to cause
libXfont to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code in order to gain
privileges. (CVE-2014-0209)

Ilja van Sprundel discovered that libXfont incorrectly handled X Font
Server replies. A malicious font server could return specially-crafted data
that could cause libXfont to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 12.10
and Ubuntu 13.10. (CVE-2014-0210, CVE-2014-0211)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libxfont1 1:1.4.7-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 13.10:
libxfont1 1:1.4.6-1ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 12.10:
libxfont1 1:1.4.5-2ubuntu0.12.10.2

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libxfont1 1:1.4.4-1ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
libxfont1 1:1.4.1-1ubuntu0.3

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2211-1
CVE-2014-0209, CVE-2014-0210, CVE-2014-0211

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxfont/1:1.4.7-1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxfont/1:1.4.6-1ubuntu0.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxfont/1:1.4.5-2ubuntu0.12.10.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxfont/1:1.4.4-1ubuntu0.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxfont/1:1.4.1-1ubuntu0.3


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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 18:29:54 -0700
From: Seth Arnold <seth.arnold@canonical.com>
To: ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: [USN-2212-1] Django vulnerabilities
Message-ID: <20140515012954.GA22505@hunt>
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2212-1
May 15, 2014

python-django vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 13.10
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

Django applications could be made to expose sensitive information over
the network.

Software Description:
- python-django: High-level Python web development framework

Details:

Stephen Stewart, Michael Nelson, Natalia Bidart and James Westby
discovered that Django improperly removed Vary and Cache-Control headers
from HTTP responses when replying to a request from an Internet Explorer
or Chrome Frame client. An attacker may use this to retrieve private data
or poison caches. This update removes workarounds for bugs in Internet
Explorer 6 and 7. (CVE-2014-1418)

Peter Kuma and Gavin Wahl discovered that Django did not correctly
validate some malformed URLs, which are accepted by some browsers. An
attacker may use this to cause unexpected redirects. An update has been
provided for 12.04 LTS, 12.10, 13.10, and 14.04 LTS; this issue remains
unfixed for 10.04 LTS as no "is_safe_url()" functionality existed in
this version.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
python-django 1.6.1-2ubuntu0.3

Ubuntu 13.10:
python-django 1.5.4-1ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 12.10:
python-django 1.4.1-2ubuntu0.7

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
python-django 1.3.1-4ubuntu1.11

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
python-django 1.1.1-2ubuntu1.12

After a standard system update you need to restart Django applications to
make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2212-1
CVE-2014-1418

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-django/1.6.1-2ubuntu0.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-django/1.5.4-1ubuntu1.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-django/1.4.1-2ubuntu0.7
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-django/1.3.1-4ubuntu1.11
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-django/1.1.1-2ubuntu1.12

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