Number: AV19-132
Date: 2 July 2019
On 1 July 2019 Django issued several patches to address a vulnerability, being tracked as CVE-2019-12781, affecting multiple Django Web Framework releases. The new versions address a design flaw that could mishandle certain HTTP client requests.
Affected versions:
- Django 2.2 before version 2.2.3
- Django 2.1 before version 2.1.10
- Django 1.11 before version 1.11.22
The Cyber Centre encourages users and administrators to review the Django Security Updates webpage and apply the necessary updates.
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/2.2.3/
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/2.1.10/
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/1.11.22/
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